Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite

<p>Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), also known as Ibuki (<a href="/facts/Japanese_language/EEv485a5">Japanese</a>: いぶき, <a href="/facts/Hepburn_romanization/WreK5qPy">Hepburn</a>: <i>Ibuki</i>, meaning "breath"), is an <a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation satellite</a> and the world's first satellite dedicated to <a href="/facts/Greenhouse_gas_monitoring/6YAtP8kE">greenhouse gas monitoring</a>. It measures the densities of <a href="/facts/Carbon_dioxide/xGzpppEp">carbon dioxide</a> and <a href="/facts/Methane/kBHneYnh">methane</a> from 56,000 locations on the <a href="/facts/Earth%27s_atmosphere/FV97Am25">Earth's atmosphere</a>. The GOSAT was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (<a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a>) and launched on 23 January 2009, from the <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima Space Center</a>. Japan's <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_the_Environment_(Japan)/y6RQxkzD">Ministry of the Environment</a>, and the <a href="/facts/National_Institute_for_Environmental_Studies/MLEoVShm">National Institute for Environmental Studies</a> (NIES)  use the data to track gases causing the <a href="/facts/Greenhouse_effect/LGdNYYj3">greenhouse effect</a>, and share the data with <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> and other international scientific organizations.
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Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite