WMO OSCAR | Satellite: ALOS

Satellite: ALOS

Satellite details

Acronym	ALOS
Full name	Advanced Land Observing Satellite
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
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Details on Status (as available)	Satellite withdrawn because of failure of the power generation system.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

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Advanced Land Observing Satellite
- ALOS (2006 - 2011)
- ALOS-2 (2014 - 2025)
- ALOS-3 (2023 - 2023)
- ALOS-4 (DAICHI-4) (2024 - 2031)

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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on ALOS

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status
AVNIR-2	Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer - 2	Apr 2006 *	22 Apr 2011	N/A
PALSAR	Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar	Apr 2006 *	22 Apr 2011	N/A
PRISM	Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping	Apr 2006 *	22 Apr 2011	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control

Earth observation MW frequencies

Service	Sensing mode	Frequency (GHz)	Bandwidth (MHz)	Polarisation	Comments
PALSAR	active	1.27 GHz - 1.27 GHz	-	-	L-band SAR