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Japanese Earth observation satellite
Marine Observation Satellite-1
NamesMOS-1, Momo-1
Mission typeEarth observation
OperatorNASDA
COSPAR ID1987-018A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.17527
Mission durationPlanned: 2 years
Final: 8 years, 9 months, 9 days
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerNEC
Launch mass750 kg
Start of mission
Launch date19 February 1987
01:23:00 UTC
RocketN-II (N-16F)
Launch siteTanegashima LC-N
ContractorNASDA
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
Deactivated29 November 1995
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
Perigee altitude909 km
Apogee altitude909 km
Inclination99.1°
Period103.2 minutes
Instruments
MESSRMultispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
VTIRVisible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer
MSRMicrowave Scanning Radiometer
DCSData Collection System

Marine Observation Satellite-1 (MOS-1), also known as Momo-1, was Japan's first Earth observation satellite. It was launched on 19 February 1987 on a N-II rocket from Tanegashima Space Center and was operated by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). It is in a polar orbit at roughly 900 km altitude, but was decommissioned on 29 November 1995.

Instruments

It has four instruments:

  • "Multi-Spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer (MESSR)" which offers 50 m resolution in two visible and two infra-red spectral bands over two 100 km swathes.
  • "Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer (VTIR)" which has a much lower resolution in one visible and three infrared bands over a 1,500 km swathe.
  • "Micro Scanning Radiometer (MSR)" which measures microwave emission in the 23 GHz and 31 GHz bands.
  • "Data Collection System (DCS)" which is an experimental transponder.

References

  1. Ninomiya, Keiken (2005). Nebylov, Alexander (ed.). Automatic Control in Aerospace 2004. Proceedings of the 16th IFAC Symposium, Volume 1. Elsevier. p. 199. ISBN 0-08-044013-4.
  2. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1987-018A - 24 January 2020
  3. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1987-018A - 24 January 2020
  4. "JAXA | N-II Launch Vehicle".
  5. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1987-018A - 24 January 2020
  6. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayExperiment.action?spacecraftId=1987-018A - 24 January 2020
  7. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayExperiment.action?spacecraftId=1987-018A - 24 January 2020

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