BackForward Satellite: ASNARO-2 

Satellite details
Acronym ASNARO-2
Full name Advanced Satellite with new system ARchitecure for Observation - 2
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the ASNARO programme.
  • Main mission: high resolution land observation.
Mass at launch 570 kg Dry mass 525 kg
Power 1300 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data distributed from the Data Centre.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 500 km
ECT 06:00 desc

 

Space agency USEF , NEC, METI
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 17 Jan 2018 EOL ≥2024
Last update: 2023-12-21
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 ASNARO-2

Acronym Full name
XSAR X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Show instrument status and calibration
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
XSAR active 9 GHz - 9.3 GHz 0 MHz - X-band SAR