Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite

{{short description|Earth observation satellite}}

{{Infobox spaceflight|auto=all

| name = Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite

| names_list = Ibuki

| image =　JAXA Greenhouse observing satelite 2.jpg

| image_caption = Model of GOSAT at Tsukuba Space Center Space Dome

| image_size = 150px

| mission_type = Environmental

| operator = JAXA

| website = {{url|http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/index.html}}

| COSPAR_ID = 2009-002A

| SATCAT = 33492

| mission_duration = 5 years (planned)
Elapsed: {{time interval|23 January 2009 03:54|show=ymd|sep=,}}

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = Mitsubishi Electric

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|1750|kg|lb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/eng/proposal/download/GOSAT_RA_A_en.pdf|title=Outlines of GOSAT and TANSO Sensor|access-date=26 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205085159/http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/eng/proposal/download/GOSAT_RA_A_en.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2009|url-status=dead}}

| power = 3.8 kilowatts

| launch_date = {{start-date|23 January 2009, 03:54}} UTC

| launch_rocket = H-IIA-202 F15

| launch_site = Tanegashima, Yoshinobu 1

| launch_contractor = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| decay_date =

| orbit_epoch = 25 January 2015, 03:12:11 UTC{{cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=33492 |title=GOSAT (IBUKI) Satellite details 2009-002A NORAD 33492 |publisher=N2YO.com |date=25 January 2015 |access-date=25 January 2015}}

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth{{cite press release |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f15/pdf/20090123_2255_e.pdf |title=Orbit Insertion of the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "IBUKI" (GOSAT) |publisher=JAXA |access-date=26 January 2009}}

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|674|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|676|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 98.06°

| orbit_period = 98.12 minutes

| orbit_mean_motion = 14.68

| apsis = gee

| instruments = TANSO-FTS - Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer
TANSO-CAI - Thermal and Near-Infrared Sensor

| telescope_resolution = 0.2 cm⁻¹ (FTS)

| telescope_wavelength = 12900 - 13200 cm⁻¹/ 5800 - 6400 cm⁻¹/ 4800 - 5200 cm⁻¹/ 700 - 1800 cm⁻¹(FTS)

| instrument_type = Instrument

}}

Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), also known as {{nihongo|Ibuki|いぶき|Ibuki|extra=meaning "breath"{{cite press release |url=http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2008/10/20081015_gosat_e.html|title='IBUKI' Chosen as Nickname of the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT)|publisher=JAXA|date=15 October 2008|access-date=29 May 2009}}|lead=yes}}, is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas monitoring.{{cite news|title=Japan launches rocket with greenhouse-gas probe|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8SEG81tZR548fDRwrx_hTHF4z-wD95SU4CO0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131180621/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8SEG81tZR548fDRwrx_hTHF4z-wD95SU4CO0|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2009|agency=Associated Press|date=23 January 2009|access-date=23 January 2009}} It measures the densities of carbon dioxide and methane from 56,000 locations on the Earth's atmosphere.{{cite news|title=Japan launches satellite to monitor greenhouse gases |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/climate-japan-idUST44020090123|publisher=Reuters|date=23 January 2009|access-date=23 January 2009|first=Chisa|last=Fujioka}} The GOSAT was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and launched on 23 January 2009, from the Tanegashima Space Center. Japan's Ministry of the Environment, and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) {{cite web|url=http://www.nies.go.jp/ |title=国立環境研究所 |publisher=Nies.go.jp |date= |accessdate=2022-04-11}} use the data to track gases causing the greenhouse effect, and share the data with NASA and other international scientific organizations.