CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GCOM-W
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Full Name
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Global Change Observation Mission-Water
aka Shizuku
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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JAXA
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Launch Date
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18 May 2012
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Dec 2025
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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38337 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2012-025A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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98 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.2 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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700 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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13:30
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Repeat Cycle
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16 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Understanding of the water cycle mechanism.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 100 results: browser  , table )
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (10Ghz) (1-Day,0.1 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Sea Surface Wind Speed (1-Month,0.1 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (6Ghz) (1-Month,0.1 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (23Ghz) (1-Day,0.1 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (7Ghz) (1-Month,0.25 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Snow Depth (1-Month, 0.25 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (10Ghz) (1-Day,0.25 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (36Ghz) (1-Day,0.25 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (23Ghz) (1-Day,0.25 deg)
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Brightness Temperature (36Ghz) (1-Month,0.25 deg)
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