| Auto: | all |
| Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 | |
| Names List: | Ibuki-2 |
| Mission Type: | Environmental |
| Operator: | JAXA |
| Mission Duration: | 5 years (planned) Elapsed: |
| Manufacturer: | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Launch Mass: | 1800kg (4,000lb) |
| Power: | 5000 W |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | H-IIA F40 |
| Launch Site: | Tanegashima, Yoshinobu 1 |
| Launch Contractor: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Eccentricity: | 0.00106 |
| Orbit Altitude: | 612.98 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 97.84° |
| Orbit Period: | 98.1 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Instruments: | TANSO-FTS-2 - Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer TANSO-CAI-2 - Thermal and Near-Infrared Sensor |
| Telescope Resolution: | 0.2 cm−1 (FTS-2) |
| Telescope Wavelength: | 0.75 – 0.77 μm / 1.56 – 1.69 μm / 1.92 – 2.38 μm / 5.6 – 8.4 μm / 8.4 – 14.3 μm (FTS-2) |
| Instrument Type: | Instrument |
The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 (GOSAT-2), also known as, is an Earth observation satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas monitoring. It is a successor of Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT). The GOSAT-2 was developed as a joint project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Ministry of the Environment, and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). It was launched on 29 October 2018 from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard the H-IIA rocket.
Major changes in comparison to the previous GOSAT are:[1]
, GOSAT-GW, the successor of GOSAT-2 and GCOM-W "Shizuku", is under development for launch in JFY2024 on the last flight of the H-IIA launch vehicle.[2]