--- - description: "ADEOS (Midori) is the first Japanese (NASDA) satellite mission with international cooperation. In Japan, the ADEOS satellite is also referred to as `Midori', meaning `green'. The overall objective of the mission is dedicated to Earth environmental research: integrated observation of geophysical parameters, global observation of land, ocean and atmospheric processes (ocean color and sea surface temperature). In addition, communication demonstrations are planned for the study (feasibility) of interorbit links, called IOCS (Inter-Orbital Communication Subsystem)." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos display_name: advanced-earth-observing-satellite end_date: 1997-06-30T00:00:00 identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1996-08-17T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos/index_e.html - description: 'ADEOS-II is a Japanese (JAXA, formerly NASDA) Earth environmental observation satellite, a successor mission to ADEOS with international cooperation. Overall objectives are to provide and improve Earth observation services with advanced payload instruments.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos-ii display_name: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii end_date: 2003-10-24T00:00:00 identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii name: 'Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2002-11-01T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos2/index_e.html - description: "ALOS (nicknamed ” ”) is a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, developed by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo; formerly NASDA), and manufactured by NEC, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The objectives call for an optical and an active microwave sensor payload who's high-resolution data may be used for such applications as cartographic mapping, environmental and hazard monitoring (within 48 hours). The intent is to provide the user community with data of sufficient resolution to be able to generate 1:25,000 scale maps. This in turn requires observational data of 2.5 m horizontal resolution for the determination of land conditions, and a 3-5 m vertical accuracy for contour mapping. Multispectral data with 10 m horizontal resolution is needed for the classification of land cover (vegetation, forests, etc.). Short-term hazard monitoring (within 24 hours on average) will be accommodated by the use of pointing mechanisms. Particular application features of the ALOS mission are:" description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos display_name: advanced-land-observing-satellite end_date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00 identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2006-01-24T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos/index_e.html - description: 'ALOS-2 is the follow-on JAXA L-SAR satellite mission of ALOS (Daichi) approved by the Japanese government in late 2008. The overall objective is to provide data continuity to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and environmental monitoring.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos-2 display_name: advanced-land-observing-satellite-2 end_date: 2019-05-01T00:00:00 identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite-2 name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2014-05-24T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite-2 url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index_e.html - description: "The Aqua mission is a part of the NASA's international Earth Observing System (EOS). Aqua was formerly named EOS/PM-1, signifying its afternoon equatorial crossing time. NASA renamed the EOS/PM-1 satellite to Aqua on Oct. 18, 1999. The Aqua mission is part of NASA's ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aqua display_name: aqua end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00 identifier: aqua name: Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1) platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2002-05-04T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/aqua url: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov - description: "GMS was Japan's first national satellite program for weather and environmental observations from GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit). It was administered in partnership by JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) as the operator of the satellites, and by JAXA (formerly NASDA) as the spacecraft and launch service provider (originally, NASDA was also the spacecraft operator). In Japan, the GMS program was also known by the name of (sunflower). The GMS program called for one operational spacecraft in orbit on the basis of a continuous service provision for the series. The operational meteorological program series consisted of the following satellites:" description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/gms display_name: geostationary-meteorogical-satellite-5 end_date: 2005-06-01T00:00:00 identifier: geostationary-meteorogical-satellite-5 name: 'Geostationary Meteorogical Satellite - 5' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1995-03-18T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/geostationary-meteorogical-satellite-5 url: http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp/db/kaihatu/eisei/eisei_e/gms_5_e.html - description: "GMS was Japan's first national satellite program for weather and environmental observations from GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit). It was administered in partnership by JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) as the operator of the satellites, and by JAXA (formerly NASDA) as the spacecraft and launch service provider (originally, NASDA was also the spacecraft operator). In Japan, the GMS program was also known by the name of (sunflower). The GMS program called for one operational spacecraft in orbit on the basis of a continuous service provision for the series. The operational meteorological program series consisted of the following satellites:" description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/gms display_name: geostationary-meteorological-satellite end_date: 1990-06-01T00:00:00 identifier: geostationary-meteorological-satellite name: Geostationary Meteorological Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1983-09-06T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/geostationary-meteorological-satellite url: ~ - description: 'GCOM is a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) observation program consisting of a constellation of two medium-sized spacecraft with the provisional names of and. GCOM is seen as a follow-up program to ADEOS.-II (launch Dec. 14, 2002) with the overall objective to contribute to global change research through long-term (> 10 years) sustained observations with corresponding data sets.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/gcom display_name: global-change-observation-mission-w1 end_date: 2017-05-01T00:00:00 identifier: global-change-observation-mission-w1 name: Global Change Observation Mission-W1 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/global-change-observation-mission-w1 url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gcom/index_e.html - description: 'GPM is a cooperative international US/Japanese Earth science mission with the prime agencies of NASA and JAXA, respectively. GPM is a follow-on and expanded mission to (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), launched Nov. 27, 1997 and still in operation in late 2012 (in Oct. 2005, NASA decided to continue the TRMM mission until at least 2009 and possibly until 2012). TRMM has been demonstrating the benefits of rain measurement from space. The overall objectives of the GPM mission are to observe global precipitation more frequently and more accurately than TRMM. GPM will build on the work of TRMM and extend the science from understanding tropical rainfall to using that understanding to improve climate, weather, and hydrological forecasts on a global basis.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/gpm display_name: global-precipitation-measurement-mission-core-spacecraft end_date: 2017-05-01T00:00:00 identifier: global-precipitation-measurement-mission-core-spacecraft name: Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Core spacecraft platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2014-02-27T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/global-precipitation-measurement-mission-core-spacecraft url: 'http://gpm.gsfc.nasa.gov, http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/GPM/' - description: GOSAT (nickname Ibuki meaning “breath” or “puff”) is a JAXA 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 (CO ) and methane (CH ). description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/g/gosat display_name: greenhouse-gases-observing-satellite end_date: 2018-03-01T00:00:00 identifier: greenhouse-gases-observing-satellite name: Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2009-01-23T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/greenhouse-gases-observing-satellite url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/index_e.html - description: 'Experiments in JEM/Kibo focus on space medicine, biology, Earth observations, material production, biotechnology and communications research. Kibo experiments and systems are operated from the Mission Control Room in the SSOF (Space Station Operations Facility) at the Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, just north of Tokyo.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/iss-jemef display_name: international-space-station-japanese-experiment-mo end_date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00 identifier: international-space-station-japanese-experiment-mo name: International Space Station/Japanese Experiment Mo platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2009-09-10T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/international-space-station-japanese-experiment-mo url: http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/index_e.html - description: 'JERS-1 (nickname of Fuyo-1) is a joint NASDA/MITI/STA [National Space Development Agency (Japan)/Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)/Science and Technology Agency (Japan)] radar satellite project (NASDA/STA developed the satellite (built by Mitsubishi Electric Co.); MITI sponsored the instruments). The overall objectives call for: Generation of global data sets with SAR and OPS sensors in order to survey resources; establishing an integrated Earth observation system, verifying instrument/system performances. The mission applications focus on: survey of geological phenomena, land usage (agriculture, forestry), observation of coastal regions, geologic maps, environment, disaster monitoring, etc. The spacecraft carries two closely matched Earth observation sensors: the active SAR instrument and the passive OPS multispectral imager.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jers-1 display_name: japanese-earth-resource-satellite end_date: 1998-10-12T00:00:00 identifier: japanese-earth-resource-satellite name: Japanese Earth Resource Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1992-02-11T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/japanese-earth-resource-satellite url: ~ - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ display_name: marine-observation-satellite end_date: 1996-04-17T00:00:00 identifier: marine-observation-satellite name: Marine Observation Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1990-02-07T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/marine-observation-satellite url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/mos1/index_e.html - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ display_name: marine-observation-satellite-1 end_date: 1995-11-29T00:00:00 identifier: marine-observation-satellite-1 name: Marine Observation Satellite-1 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1987-02-19T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/marine-observation-satellite-1 url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/mos1/index_e.html - description: "TRMM is a joint NASA/JAXA (formerly NASDA) mission within NASA's ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program with a low-inclination (equatorial) orbit. NASA/GSFC provides the satellite, four passive sensors, and mission operations, NASDA the launch vehicle (H-II rocket) and the precipitation radar instrument. Each agency processes the data from its own instruments. TRMM is the first mission dedicated to observing and understanding tropical and subtropical rainfall, one of the most important, but least understood parameters in global change." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/t/trmm display_name: tropical-rainfall-measuring-mission end_date: 2016-02-01T00:00:00 identifier: tropical-rainfall-measuring-mission name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1997-11-27T00:00:00 type: platform uri: /platform/tropical-rainfall-measuring-mission url: 'http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/, http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/TRMM/'