MOS-1 (satellite)


Marine Observation Satellite-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. It is in a polar orbit at roughly 900 km altitude, but has been decommissioned on 29 November 1995.

Instruments

It has four instruments: