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Satellite:
ALOS
Satellite details
Acronym
ALOS
Full name
Advanced Land Observing Satellite
Satellite Description
1st flight unit of the ALOS programme.
Main mission: land observation.
Substantial contribution to ocean observation.
Mass at launch
4000 kg
Dry mass
3820 kg
Power
7000 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data distributed through a network of several ALOS Data Nodes (ADN), ideally one in each continent.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
692 km
ECT
10:30 desc
Space agency
JAXA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Satellite withdrawn because of failure of the power generation system.
Launch
24 Jan 2006
EOL
22 Apr 2011
Last update:
2019-10-27
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Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
ALOS
Acronym
Full name
AVNIR-2
Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer - 2
PALSAR
Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
PRISM
Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ALOS
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
PALSAR
active
1270 - 1270 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
L-band SAR