Gosat 1

Also called Ibuki

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General

Designation	33492 / 09002A
Launch date	23 Jan 2009
Country of origin	Japan
Mission	Observation of high atmosphere
Perigee/Apogee	680 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98°
Period	(3 days revisit)
Launch vehicle	H2A #22

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Nec-Toshiba Space Systems
Platform
Mass at launch	1750 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array	1 primary solar array + 1 backup
Stabilization
DC power	3.8 kW
Design lifetime	5 years

The instrument is Thermal And Near-infrared Sensor for carbon Observation (TANSO). It has 2 components.
TANSO FTS (Fourier Transform Spectrometer), will collect 56,000 data points of greenhouse gas densities every three days. Currently there are only less than 300 observation posts on the ground, ships, or aircraft to gather information on greenhouse gases.

Also has a Cloud and Aerosol Imager (TANSO-CAI).

Downlink on 2220 MHz and 8105 MHz.

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