ADEOS

Advanced Earth Observing Satellite, Midori 1


Launched in:1996
Out of service since:1997
Repeat cycle:41 days
Orbit height:797 km
Orbit type:Sun Synchronous
Organisation: JAXA - Japan
Launched 17 Aug 1996; decommissioned 30 Jun 1997

ADEOS websites

Information

RESTEC - Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
NASA Goddard - Ozone and Air Quality missions
JAXA EORC - ADEOS
JAXA - ADEOS
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
JAXA - G-Portal product information

Data ordering

RESTEC - Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
JAXA - G-Portal Data providing service

On Board Sensors

AVNIR (Advanced visible near-infrared Radiometer)
ILAS (Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer)
IMG (Interferometer Monitor for Greenhouse Gases)
NSCAT (NASA Scatterometer)
OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature scanner)
POLDER (Polarization and directionality of the Earth's reflectance)
RIS (Reflector in space)
TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (see also SBUV/TOMS))