The International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Friday, May 18, 2012

JAXA'S GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION


FROM:  JAXA
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May 18, 2012 (JST)

Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1)
AMSR2 Antenna Deployment

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the Global Change
Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) successfully deployed the
antenna of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2)* via image data
received at the Katsuura Tracking and Communication station.

The satellite is currently in good health.

* : Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer2 (AMSR2)
The AMSR2 measures electromagnetic waves called microwaves (six bandwidths
between 7 GHz and 89 GHz) emitted from nature, such as the ground and ocean
surface as well as objects in the atmosphere, to observe eight  geophysical
parameters (integrated water vapor, integrated cloud liquid water,
precipitation, sea surface temperature, sea surface wind speed, sea ice
concentration, snow depth, soil moisture content).

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