2012-025A
'Shizuku' (dewdrop)
JAXA Global Change Observation Mission - Water.
Will observe precipitation, vapor amounts, wind velocity above the ocean, sea water temperatures, water levels on land areas and snow depths.
NEC Toshiba Space? (NECTF??) Mass 1900 kg. Box + 2 panels + dish. 2m box, 2m atetnna, 5m high? 20m? span. Size 5.1 x 17.5 x 3.4m, 1991 kg launch, with 151 kg prop.
H-2A F21 carries a 4/4D-LC fairing with the Arirang 3 satellite in the upper position and GCOM in the lower position. SDS-4 and Horyu 2 are mounted on the lower adapter.
GCOM-1 was at Tsukuba during the earthquake but was not damaged. 700 km SSO
Followon is GCOM-C (Climate)
Launch with Arirang-3, SDS-4 and Houryu-2. The Stage 2 performs post-separation engineering experiments to study upgrades for the propellant system.
| GCOM-W1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 May 17 | 1639 | Launch by H-2A 202 | TNSC Y LP1 |
| T+2:05 SRB-A sep 59 km | |||
| T+4:16 Upper fairing sep (2 halves) 148 km | |||
| T+6:36 MECO 301 km | |||
| T+6:44 St 1 sep 313 km | |||
| 1645 | T+6:50 SEIG | ||
| 1654 | T+15:26 SECO-1 676 km | ||
| 1655 | T+16:16 Kompsat-3 sep | ||
| 1658 | T+19:21 Adapter sep | ||
| 1658 | T+19:26 Lower fairing 2 side panels sep. | ||
| 1702 | T+23:11 GCOM-W1 sep | ||
| 1712 | T+33:20 SDS-4 sep | ||
| 1729 | T+50:00 Horyu-2 sep over S Atlantic, 692 km | ||
| Stage 2 thermal experiments | |||
Payload:
- AMSR-2 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 7-89 GHz, 2.7m dia
- Microwave scatterometer
