Objectives and Applications
Understanding of climate change mechanism.
Full Name
Global Change Observation Mission-Climate
aka Shikisai
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
23 Dec 2017
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
798 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
34 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
SGLI - Second-generation Global Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | SGLI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | SGLI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | SGLI |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | SGLI |
| Vegetation | SGLI |
| Surface temperature (land) | SGLI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | SGLI |
| Inland Waters | SGLI |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | SGLI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | SGLI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | SGLI |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | SGLI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | SGLI |