GOSAT-GW Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GOSAT-GW -

Full Name

Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle

Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

JAXA , MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan)

Launch Date

Mar 2025

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

Mar 2031

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

98.18 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

98.06 deg

Orbit Altitude

666 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

13:30

Repeat Cycle

3 days

Objectives and Applications

Observation of greenhouse gases and understanding of water cycle mechanisms

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	AMSR3
	Cloud particle properties and profile	AMSR3
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	AMSR3
	Ozone	TANSO-3
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	TANSO-3
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	TANSO-3
Land	Soil moisture	AMSR3
	Vegetation	TANSO-3
Ocean	Ocean surface winds	AMSR3
	Surface temperature (ocean)	AMSR3
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	AMSR3
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	AMSR3

Mission Instruments

AMSR3 - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3

TANSO-3 - Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3

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