UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 967 | GOSAT-2 (Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite-2; Ibuki-2) | GOSAT-2 | Japan | Japan | JAXA, Ministry of Environment, National Institute of Environmental Studies | Government | Earth Observation | Earth Science | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 585 | 599 | 1.01E-03 | 97.85 | 96.5 | 1,800 | 2018/10/29 | 5 | Mitsubishi Electric | Japan | Tanegashima Space Center | H2A | 2018-084B | 43672 | Measure greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere and help scientists better quantify the role of human activity in climate change. | JMSatcat/11_18 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/10/29/japan-launches-satellite-to-study-human-causes-of-climate-change/ |
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