Objectives and Applications
Understanding of the water cycle mechanism.
Full Name
Global Change Observation Mission-Water
aka Shizuku
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
18 May 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
700 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:30
Repeat Cycle
16 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMSR2 - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMSR2 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSR2 |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AMSR2 |
| Land | Soil moisture | AMSR2 |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AMSR2 |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AMSR2 |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AMSR2 |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AMSR2 |
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