ADEOS-1
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Mission Photos:
Courtesy of JAXA
Mission Objectives:
The ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite 1 (ADEOS-1) "MIDORI" , launched in August 1996, was the first in a series of two scheduled joint international cooperative programs to contribute to global environmental monitoring. The objective of ADEOS-1 was to acquire data on worldwide environmental changes such as the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, tropical rain deforestation, and abnormal climatic conditions. A secondary objective was to develop platform bus technology, interorbital data relay technology, etc. which are necessary for the development of future earth observation systems.
Mission Instrumentation:
ADEOS-1 had the following instrumentation onboard:
- Advanced visible near infrared radiometer
- Ocean color and temperature scanner
- Scattering measurement device
- Total ozone mapping spectrometer
- Polarization and directionality of the earth's reflectance
- Interferometric monitor for greenhouse gases
- Improved limb atmospheric spectrometer
- Retroreflector In-Space (RIS)
Mission Parameters:
| Sponsor: | (JAXA) Japan |
| Expected Life: | 3 years (stop functioning after 1 year, August 1997) |
| Primary Applications: | environmental monitoring |
| Primary SLR Applications: | precision orbit determination |
| COSPAR ID: | 9604601 |
| SIC Code: | 1555 |
| Satellite Catalog (NORAD) Number: | 24277 |
| Launch Date: | August 17, 1996 |
| RIS Diameter: | 50 cm |
| RIS Shape: | hollow cube |
| Reflectors: | 1 corner cube |
| Orbit: | circular, sun-synchronous sub-recurrent |
| Inclination: | 98.6 degrees |
| Eccentricity: | 0.000 |
| Perigee: | 797 km |
| Period: | 101 minutes |
| Weight: | 1200 kg |
Additional Information:
Web sites:
Publications:
- Degnan, J.J., Zagwodzki, T.W., McGarry, J.F., and Varghese, T., "NASA Two Color Ranging Experiment to ADEOS/RIS", Proc. Second ADEOS Symposium/Workshop and the 11th RIS Science Team Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, March 10-14, p. 103-127, 1997.
- Kunimori, H., Gotoh, T., Nojiri, H., Sawabe, M., Ogawa, M., and Maeda, M., "Preliminary Report on ADEOS/RIS Laser Tracking Experiments", Proc. of the 10th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Shanghai Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, November 11-15, p. 614, 1996.
