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🇯🇵 [JAXA / MHI] GOSAT-GW launch thread

Final launch of an H-IIA rocket.

Scheduled for (UTC)2025-06-28 16:33:03
Scheduled for (local)2025-06-29 01:33:03 (JST)
Launch siteLA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch vehicleH-IIA 202
Launch providerMitsubushi Heavy Industries / JAXA
Mission success criteriaSuccessful launch and deployment of GOSAT-GW into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Livestreams

StreamLink
JAXAhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=5tRdzj_7OwQ
The Launch Padhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=_icWwadCMIM

Stats

☑️ 1st launch from LA-Y1 this year

☑️ 1st H-IIA launch this year, 50th and final overall

Payload info (NextSpaceflight)

GOSAT-GW (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite Greenhouse gases and Water cycle), formerly known as GOSAT 3, is JAXA's next-generation satellite to monitor the greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. It is the follow on to the GOSAT 2 (Ibuki 2) and GCOM-W (Shizuku) missions.

GOSAT-GW will have 2 instruments:

  • Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 (TANSO-3), for observing concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, over a wide area and with high precision for improved estimation accuracy of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 (AMSR-3), which will estimate the geophysical quantity of Earth's water on land, sea-surface, and in the atmosphere.
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