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- [Source: ESA Earthnet Online, http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5096]
GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite) is a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) mission within the GCOM (Global Change Observation Mission) program of Japan. The GOSAT mission goals call for the study of the transport mechanisms of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). The emphasis is on atmospheric monitoring to clarify the sources and sinks of CO2 on a sub-continental scale. The overall mission objective is to contribute to environmental administration by estimating the Green House Gases (GHGs) source and sink on a sub-continental scale and to support the Kyoto protocol that was adsorbed at COP3/UNFCCC (3rd session of the conference in the framework of climate change) in 1997. The protocol calls for a reduction of greenhouse gases, in particular CO2; it requires all parties to reduce their emissions by 5% below the level of the year 1990, for the period of 2008-2012 Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GOSAT Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: GOSAT Long_Name: Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: IBUKI Short_Name: 2009-002A End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: TANSO-FTS Short_Name: TANSO-CAI End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 666 km Repeat_Cycle: 3 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2010-08-24 Online_Resource: http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/index_e.html Online_Resource: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/index_e.html Online_Resource: https://data.gosat.nies.go.jp/GosatUserInterfaceGateway/guig/GuigPage/open.do Online_Resource: http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5096 Sample_Image: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/img/photo-1_goast.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2009-01-23 Launch_Site: Tanegashima Island, Japan Primary_Sponsor: JP/JAXA End_Group End_Group
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