Answer: Japan
Notes: The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite or GOSAT, also known as Ibuki (meaning breath in Japanese) is an Earth observation satellite and the world’s first satellite dedicated to greenhouse-gas-monitoring. It measures densities of carbon dioxide and methane from 56,000 locations on the Earth’s atmosphere. The GOSAT was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and launched on January 23, 2009, from the Tanegashima Space Center. Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) use the data to track gases causing the greenhouse effect, and share the data with NASA and other international scientific organizations.
- Note : On Dec. 22, 2016 China has successfully sent its first carbon dioxide monitoring satellite TanSat into space via a Long March-2D rocket. The spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert.
