Download Overview of JAXA Earth Observation Satellites

IAC2009@Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Japan’s Earth Observation
Programs
~ for the Challenge of Climate Change ~
October 11, 2009
Masanori Homma
Executive Director
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Japanese Basic Plan for Space Policy
5 Systems for utilization
Ａ．Land and Ocean Observing Satellite System to
contribute to Asia and other regions
Ｂ．Global Environmental Change and Weather
Observing Satellite System
Ｃ．Advanced telecommunication Satellite System
Ｄ．Positioning Satellite System
Ｅ．Satellite System for National Security
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Long-Term Plan of JAXA Earth Observation
Targets
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
[Land and Disaster monitoring]
Disasters &
Resources
ALOS-2 SAR
ALOS/PALSAR
ALOS
ALOS-3 Optical
ALOS/PRISM AVNIR2
Climate
Change &
Water
TRMM/PR
TRM
M
Water Cycle
Aqua/AMSR-E
AQUA
[Precipitation]
GPM/DPR
[Wind, SST , Water vapor]
GCOM-W1/ AMSR2
GCOM-W2
[Vegetation, aerosol, cloud, SST, ocean color]
250m, multi-angle, polarization
GCOM-C1/ SGLI
Climate
Change
GCOM-C2
[Cloud and Aerosol 3D structure]
Earth CARE/CPR
Greenhouse
gases
[CO2, Methane]
GOSAT
[CO2, Methane]
GOSAT-2
Mission status
On orbit
Phase B~
Phase A
Pre-Phase A
Extension
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“Integrated Marine Exploration and Earth Observation System”
Establishment of a fundamental system for Earth observation, disaster monitoring and
marine exploration system as a national key technology for Japanese national security
QuasiZenith
Satellite
GOSAT
ALOS
GPM/DPR
GCOM
Policy making
Cloud
Aerosol
Positioning
Ocean
colour
GHG
Vegetation
・Global environment problem
・GHG
・Understand of weather
anomaly and climate change
Deep sea drilling
Disaster Monitoring
・Disaster monitoring of
earthquake, heavy rain etc.
・Trench giant earthquake
Future marine
exploration technology
Data
Integration
& Analysis
緯度
Users
Earth Observation
Ocean wind
SST
Integration of observation data
Rainfall
Integrated
dataset
時間
経度
Research
institutes
Marine exploration
・Marine exploration under
ocean bottom
・Resource exploration by
satellite and marine probe
Ministry and
agency
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Global Change Observation Mission <GCOM>
Main Mission
• Establish and demonstrate the global and long-term Earth
observing system (contribute to GEOSS)
• Contribute to improving climate change prediction in concert
with climate model research institutions
GCOM-W
Orbit
GCOM-C
Type : Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent
Altitude : 699.6 km
Inclination : 98.19 degrees
Local time of ascending node : 13:30
Type : Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent
Altitude : 798 km
Inclination : 99.36 degrees
Local time of ascending node : 10:30
Satellite overview
Mission life
5 years
Launch vehicle
H2A launch vehicle
Mass
Instrument
Launch (target)
2000kg
(AMSR follow-on 340 kg and Sea
Winds 240 kg included)
1800 kg
(SGLI 460 kg included)
• AMSR 2
• Global Imager follow-on instrument
(SGLI)
JFY 2011
JFY 2013
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GCOM Cooperation with NPOESS and METOP
LTAN/LTDN
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
GCOM-C1
J
10:30
/
09:30
U
GCOM-C2
SGLI
DMSP-F16
DMSP-F18
SSM/IS
SSM/IS
AVHRR
GCOM-C3
SGLI
SGLI
NOAA-M
MODIS
Terra
METOP A
METOP B
AVHRR/3
METOP C
AVHRR/3
E
METOP D
AVHRR/3
AVHRR/3+
Sentinel-3A
Sentinel-3B
OLCI, SLST
Aqua
J
GCOM-W1
AMSR-E
AMSR2
NOAA-N
13:30
NOAA-N’
AVHRR/3
U
GCOM-W2
GCOM-W3
AMSR2
AMSR2
NPOESS-C1
NPOESS-C3
AVHRR/3
MIS
MODIS
VIIRS
Aqua
NPP
VIIRS
VIIRS
E
Passive Microwave Radiometer
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•
Sensor
Aft- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM
Sensor
Pre- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM
Visible/Infrared Imager
Sensor
Aft- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM
Sensor
Pre- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM
GCOM-C/SGLI data will help fill a current gap in the NPOESS/VIIRS morning orbit, in
conjunction with METOP+Sentinel.
GCOM-W/AMSR2 data will complement NPOESS/MIS global microwave radiometry
data.
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