{"ob_id":8197,"uuid":"68af680aef294055a33e69ebb83a3e6e","title":"Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)","abstract":"The Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) hosts the Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2), the Panchromatic Remote sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) and the Phased Array type-L band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR). The satellite, developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), was launched in 2006 and was active for 5 years. It has since lost power, but remains in orbit. It's mission included cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring and resource surveying.","keywords":"","identifier_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/5284/?format=json"],"platformType":"satellite","parentPlatform":[],"childPlatform":[],"responsiblepartyinfo_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33124/?format=json"]}