ADEOS-2
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Mission Photos:
Courtesy of JAXA
Mission Objectives:
The ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite
2 (ADEOS-2) Mission is a joint international cooperative
program like its successor, ADEOS-1.
With a three-year operational life, the mission will support
the monitoring of global environmental changes while continuing
and furthering the broad-ranging observation technology
created by ADEOS-1.
The three scientific goals are:
- To regularly monitor the water and energy cycle as a part
of the global climate system.
- To quantitatively estimate the biomass and fundamental
productivity as part of the carbon cycle, which plays an
important role for global warming.
- To detect the signal of long term climate change as a
result of continuous observations succeeded from ADEOS-1.
Mission Instrumentation:
ADEOS-2 has the following instrumentation onboard:
- Advanced microwave scanning radiometer
- Global imager
- Improved limb atmospheric spectrometer
- Seawinds
- Polarization and directionality of earth reflectance
- Retroreflector array
Mission Parameters:
ADEOS-2 Mission Parameters |
Sponsor: |
(JAXA) Japan |
Expected Life: |
3 years |
Primary Applications: |
environmental monitoring |
Primary SLR Applications: |
precision orbit determination |
COSPAR ID: |
0205601 |
SIC Code: |
1556 |
NORAD SSC Code: |
27597 |
Launch Date: |
14 December 2002 |
NP Bin Size: |
15 seconds |
RRA Diameter: |
16 cm |
RRA Shape: |
hemispherical |
Reflectors: |
9 corner cubes |
Orbit: |
circular, sun-synchronous sub-recurrent |
Inclination: |
98.6 degrees |
Eccentricity: |
0.001 |
Perigee: |
803 km |
Period: |
101 minutes |
Weight: |
1200 kg |
Additional Information:
- Web sites:
- Publications:
- Sawabe, M., and Kashimoto, M., "ADEOS-II precise orbit determinations with GPS and SLR", ADV SPACE RES 23: (4) 763-766 1999.
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