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Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)

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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.

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platformType:      satellite
location:      GeographicBoundingBox: Longitude: -180.000 to 180.000; Latitude: 90.000 to -90.000
Previously used record indentifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__OBS_64e72d60-17f6-11e4-9375-00163e251233

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Documentation and Links to further information and references

Links to further information

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) details about ALOS

Orbital Parameters

Operational period 24/01/2006 until 12/05/2011
Orbit type Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent
Oribtal period 2 days
Repeat period 46 days
Altitude 691.65km
Inclination 98.16 degrees

Who to contact

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Related Documents

 JAXA details about ALOS
Coverage
Platform location

 
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-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
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