GOSAT-GW Launch Results

This is the Ministry of the Environment's press release titled “Launch Results of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW).” The article presents the launch results of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, “GOSAT-GW,” and the mission instruments carried by the satellite. GOSAT-GW is also written as “Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle.”

According to the Ministry of the Environment's announcement, GOSAT-GW was launched from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center. The announcement describes the launch and the subsequent insertion into its designated orbit as consecutive results. The article does not state who conducted the launch, when observations will begin, the operating period, or how the acquired data will be used.

GOSAT-GW was placed into its designated orbit after launch. This is the launch result directly stated in the announcement. The article does not discuss observation results, policy effects, or impacts on readers, companies, or regions resulting from this orbital insertion.

GOSAT-GW carries two mission instruments. The announcement lists the two instruments as the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 and the Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3, and also provides their English names and abbreviations. The article does not specify any other onboard instruments, the specifications of each instrument, or details of their measurement targets.

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 has Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 as its English name and AMSR3 as its abbreviation. The announcement positions it as one of GOSAT-GW's two mission instruments. However, the article does not describe the instrument's individual observation methods, observation items, performance figures, or operating structure.

The Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 has Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 as its English name and TANSO-3 as its abbreviation. The announcement identifies it as the other mission instrument carried by GOSAT-GW. The article does not state TANSO-3's individual observation results, observation start date, target regions, or numerical targets.

The document includes a section titled “1. Statement by the Minister of the Environment,” whose content is stated as “As shown in the attached document.” The attached document itself is not included in the provided text, so the specific content of the statement by the Minister of the Environment is not covered in this article. The contact listed is the Climate Change Observation Research Strategy Office, General Affairs Division, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment.