Satellite Observation Center

Satellite Observation Center

Based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures and the Basic Plan on Space Policy in Japan, the center contributes to the improved scientific understanding of the carbon cycle and more accurate predictions of future climate change through greenhouse-gas monitoring with the GOSAT series of satellites. For the third satellite of the series GOSAT-GW, scheduled for launch in FY2024, the center works on the development and operation of data processing systems to provide observational data to the international community thereby contributing to the implementation of the Paris Agreement.