print email comment close Satellite to Monitor Global Greenhouse Gases Launched Successfully URL: http://www.unescap.org/unis/press/2009/jan/g02.asp Description: This January 2009 ESCAP press release describes the successful launch of the "Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite 'IBUKI' (or 'GOSAT' in its English-language acronym) ... the first satellite to observe greenhouse gases and monitor changes in the effects they cause. It was launched ... in southern Japan, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), a key partner of the United Nations’ regional arm -- the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)." Publisher: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Extra Keywords carbon Tanegashima LII Database Information: Record 27994 created by Maria Brandt on 02/24/2009 Last modification on 03/02/2009 Published: 03/05/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27994