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Satellite details
Acronym GOSAT-GW
Full name Global Observation SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 3rd flight unit of the GOSAT programme.
  • Main missions: Greenhouse gas monitoring and multi-purpose MW imagery.
  • TANSO-3 uses a grating imaging spectrometer, replacing the fourier transform spectrometer used in TANSO-2. The MW imager AMSR3 is a follow-on from AMSR2 with additional channels at 10.25, 165.5 and 183 GHz bands.
Mass at launch 2900 kg Dry mass
Power 5200 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • TANSO-3 data: All data access provided by the National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • AMSR3 data: Data available at JAXA for the general user community. Near real time data at the specific reception stations are possible under agreements with JAXA.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 666 km
ECT 13:30 asc

 

Space agency JAXA , MOE
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2024 EOL ≥2031
Last update: 2023-12-05
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on GOSAT-GW

Acronym Full name
AMSR3 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3
TANSO-3 Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter
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Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
AMSR3 passive 6.925 GHz 350 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 7.3 GHz 350 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 10.25 GHz 500 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 10.65 GHz 100 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 18.7 GHz 200 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 23.8 GHz 400 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 36.42 GHz 840 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 89 GHz 3000 MHz H&V
AMSR3 passive 165.5 GHz 4000 MHz V
AMSR3 passive 174 GHz - 192.31 GHz - V 2 water vapour channels +/-3GHz; +/-7GHz