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Satellite:
ALOS-2
Satellite details
Acronym
ALOS-2
Full name
Advanced Land Observing Satellite - 2
Satellite Description
2nd flight unit of the ALOS programme.
Main mission: land observation.
Substantial contribution to ocean observation.
Mass at launch
2000 kg
Dry mass
Power
5200 W
Data access link
http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/index.htm
Data access information
Data distributed through a network of several ALOS Data Nodes (ADN), ideally one in each continent.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
640 km
ECT
12:00 desc
Space agency
JAXA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
24 May 2014
EOL
≥2022
Last update:
2021-12-27
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
ALOS-2
Acronym
Full name
PALSAR-2
Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar - 2
CIRC
Compact Infrared Camera
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ALOS-2
* 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-2
active
1270 - 1270 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
L-band SAR