Advanced Land Observation Satellite
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| Organization | JAXA's Earth Observation Research and Application Center |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Earth observation |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch date | 24 January 2006 on a H-IIA rocket |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Space Center |
| Mission duration | 3-5 years |
| Home page | alos.jaxa.jp/index-e.html |
| Mass | 4000 kg |
| Orbital elements | |
| Inclination | 98.2 degrees |
| Orbital period | 98.74 minutes |
| Apoapsis | 697 km |
| Instruments | |
Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi, is a 4-ton Japanese satellite. It was launched from Tanegashima island, Japan on January 24, 2006 by a H-IIA rocket. The launch had been delayed three times by weather and sensor problems. This was the first Japanese launch since July 2005.
The satellite contains three sensors which will be used to map terrain in Asia and the Pacific. JAXA hopes to be able to launch the successors to ALOS during FY2011. For minimizing risk JAXA plans to split the mission up into two satellites. [1]
It also has a PALSAR sensor that showed uplifted land in the September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes.
On January 8, 2008, it turned out that ALOS had lack of accuracy.[2]
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