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Status of JAXA Earth ObservationStatus of JAXA Earth Observation

and Next Step as of latest 07and Next Step as of latest 07 　　　　

Mitsuhiro TSUCHIYA

Earth Observation Center (EOC)

Earth observation Research Center (EORC)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

1.1. 　　 JAXA Organization as of May, 2007JAXA Organization as of May, 2007

PresidentPresident

Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors

Launch Sites

Launch Sites

Tracking Stations

Tracking Stations

E / O Research Center

E / O Research Center Propulsion centerPropulsion center Balloon siteBalloon site

IGS system

developm

ent group

IGS system

developm

ent group

Space transportation programs

Space transportation programs

Manned system and μG programs

Manned system and μG programs

Business Promotion Safety / Mission Assurance, Satellite Operation Tech. Dep.

Business Promotion Safety / Mission Assurance, Satellite Operation Tech. Dep.

Aeronautics technology section

Aeronautics technology section

Space technology section

Space technology section

Basic technology application section, basic research section

Basic technology application section, basic research section

Research section

Research section

Technical section

Technical section

TT&C networkenvironmental tests

TT&C networkenvironmental tests

Unifying rocket development, launch

operations & sites, and TT&C

Office AdministrativePlanning and Cooperative Organizing Divisions

　Com

mon

techn

ical man

agemen

t lik

e S&

PA

, IT etc

(Office of Space Flight & Operations)

(Office of Space Applications)

(Institute of Space Technology & Aeronautics)

(Institute of Space & Astronautical Science)

Promote utilization by cooperating with users and industries

Unifying basic technology research

Unifying space science research

Communications and positioning System

Communications and positioning System

Satellite prjects,etcSatellite prjects,etc

2. Organization of Space Applications2. Organization of Space Applications

Satellite Project Teams・　 OICETS (Optical Inter-orbit Communications Test Satellite)・　 ETS-VIII (Engineering Test Satellite-VIII)・　 WINDS 　 (Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration 　

Satellite)・　 ALOS 　　 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite)・　 GOSAT 　 (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite)・　 GPM/DPR (Global Precipitation Measurement / Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar)・　 GCOM (Global Climate Observation Mission)

Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)

Earth Observation Center (EOC)

Office of Space Applications

Business Promotion Office

Safety & Mission Assurance Office

Satellite Operations systems Engineering Department

Satellite Applications Center

Bird’s-eye view of EOCBird’s-eye view of EOC

Earth Observation Square

Main Gate

Main Bldg.

Receiving Antenna No. 1 (mainly for ALOS, GOSAT)

Receiving Antenna No. 2(mainly for LANDSAT ）

Operation Bldg No. 1

Data Relay Test Satellite (DRTS) Feeder link Antenna

Operation Bldg. No. 2

Receiving Antenna No. 3(mainly for ALOS,GOSAT)

Area of EOC ；112,000m2

JAXA/EOJAXA/EO ＲＲ C & EOC Location C & EOC Location 　　 　　 @ TKSC@ TKSC

Organization 　 (Center Role) 　　　 　　　　　 @ Ibaragi 　　ＥＯＲＣ

　　 　　　　 ＨＱ @ EOC @ Hatoyama in Saitama Earth Observation Center

　　　　 @ Tokyo Harumi

　　 　 @ EORC 　　　 　　　 Ｈａｒｕｍｉ－Ｄｉｖ． 　　　 ① DAS (Data Analysis System)

Data Link

　　　　　 ② Science & Sensor Develop.　

Process Archive

EORC Harumi sub-center :moved to TSUKUBAIn the E of Oct. 2006

Data Flow at EOCData Flow at EOC (General Case) (General Case)

ProcessCal, Val

TRMM

Ground Observation DataAuxiliary Data for Process

海外受信局

InteractiveUtilization

Satellite Application- & hold Workshop

User Service Section

Advertisement & Education 　

Utilization Activity

Supply DATA

Supply DATA Sets

ＰＩｓ　 -University

・ Enlarge UsersUser

Process

EOC EORC

ALOS

・ Feedback the Request ・ Supply DATA

US Data Center　 (NASA, NOAA etc)

European Data Center(ESA, CNES etc.

International Cooperation

　 TDRS（ NASA ）

Aqua/AMSR-E

H.L Process Analysis

Reflect AlgorismArchive,

（ Support : RESTEC ）

General UsersEnvironment/ Climate/

Researchers

Acq. & Rec. Acq. / Rec

DRTS(JAXA)

DL Ant.FL Ant.

Business Field @JAXA/EORC

Com. Sup. （ＲＥＳＴＥＣ）

Reflect results

GroundDATA

GPM

GOSAT

Utilization G.moved to another G. named Satellite Application Center

●● 　　 EOC EOC Status InformationStatus Information

1. Earth Observation Center of JAXA 1. Earth Observation Center of JAXA entrustedentrusted RESTEC to RESTEC to manage & operate of EOC work from 1st. April. this year. manage & operate of EOC work from 1st. April. this year.

2.2. Purpose is toPurpose is to ① ① 　　 increase personnel resources for developing increase personnel resources for developing earthearth 　 　 observation satellites, GOSAT/GCOM/GPM/ALOSobservation satellites, GOSAT/GCOM/GPM/ALOS －－ 2 2 　　　　　　 & ground system by moving EOC members to TKSC. & ground system by moving EOC members to TKSC. ② ② 　　 reinforce and progress utilizationreinforce and progress utilization andand promotion promotion for earth observation satellites, example disaster for earth observation satellites, example disaster monitoring through cooperation with Asian area. monitoring through cooperation with Asian area. 3.3. Entrust Schedule Entrust Schedule ① ① Oct. 06Oct. 06 ～～ E of March 07E of March 07 　： 　： trial operationtrial operation phase phase 　　　　　　② 　　　　② April 07April 07 ～ ～ : : overall & generaloverall & general operationoperation phase phase

●● 　　 EOC StatusEOC Status 　　（（ Cont’dCont’d ））4.4. JAXA EOC member movedJAXA EOC member moved to Tsukuba Space Center to Tsukuba Space Center

(TKSC) except one person (liaison). (TKSC) except one person (liaison). (From April 07, RESTEC have responsibility to (From April 07, RESTEC have responsibility to

manage and operate EOC under the management manage and operate EOC under the management contract. ) contract. )

5. 5. From now & on goingFrom now & on going　　　　　　 JAXA conduct supervision and control to EOC ’s JAXA conduct supervision and control to EOC ’s contractor from TKSC at every opportunity whencontractor from TKSC at every opportunity when JAXA demands each project’s supervision.JAXA demands each project’s supervision.

EOC New Business Style : From April 2007EOC New Business Style : From April 2007

EOC Liaison

Contractor

RESTEC (Remote Sensing Technology Center )

SED (Space Engineering & Developing Co. Ltd. )

COSMOTEC (Cosmos Technology Co. Ltd. )

Toguchi Technology Co. Ltd and Other Companies

JAXA EORC @ TKSC

＠EOC Contract

&Supervise

Business SupportCoordination

Mr. Nakanishi

Satellites accessed by EOCSatellites accessed by EOC

DRTS-WAltitude ：36,000km

TRMMAltitude ： 402.5km

AquaAltitude ： 705km

Current

ADEOSAltitude ： 797km

JERS-1Altitude ：

570km

ADEOS-IIAltitude ： 803km

SPOTAltitude ： 822km

LANDSAT-5Altitude ：

705km

MOS-1/1bAltitude ：

909km

ERSAltitude ： 777km

Past

LANDSAT-7Altitude ：

705km

ALOSAltitude ： 700km

JAXA Earth Observation Mission planJAXA Earth Observation Mission plan～2002 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

Disaster Monitoring

AndResource

Management

【 Optical Sensor】MOS-1,ADEOS (87~95) (96~97)

【Optical & SAR】JERS-1, ALOS

(92~98), (06~)

【 PrecipitationRadar】TRMM/PR

(97~)

【Microwave Sensor】

MOS-1(87~95)

【 Optical Sensor】MOS-1, ADEOS(87~95) (96~97)

【 Cloud Radar】

【 Spectrometer】ADEOS/ILAS (96~97)

JFY

Daichi(ALOS)

ADEOS-II / ILAS-II GOSAT

ADEOS-II / AMSR

Aqua / AMSR-E

GCOM-C/ GLI F/O ADEOS-II / GLI

GCOM-W/ AMSR F/O

【 Sea Surface Wind Vector, SST】

EarthCARE/ CPR

Geo-Stationary Earth Observation Mission

Disaster Monitoring constellation Mission

GPM/DPR

Note: This chart includes NOT authorized plan

【 CO2】

Global WarmingAnd

Global Water Cycle Observation

Water Cycle Observation

Climate Change

Observation

Greenhouse Gas

Observation

【 Cloud, Aerosol, Vegetation】

【 Cloud, Aerosol】 Legend Symbol

Planned Project

Approved Project

After Operation Period

ADEOS-II follow on

ALOS(06~)

▲2006.1.24

Satellites will be accessed by JAXA/EOCSatellites will be accessed by JAXA/EOC 　　 （ （ Future MissionFuture Mission ））

Future1GOSAT

Altitude ： 666km(TBD)GPM/DPR

Altitude ： 400kmGCOMAltitude ：600km

ALOS-2Altitude ： 700km

Disaster 　MonitoringSatellite

EarthCareAltitude ： TBDkm