ALOS-2
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Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2), also called Daichi-2, is a Japanese satellite launched in 2014. Although the predecessor ALOS satellite had featured 2 optical cameras in addition to L-band (1.2 GHz/25 cm) radar, ALOS-2 had optical cameras removed to simplify construction and reduce costs. The PALSAR-2 radar is a significant upgrade of the PALSAR radar, allowing higher-resolution (1 x 3 m per pixel) spotlight modes in addition to the 10 m resolution survey mode inherited from the ALOS spacecraft. Also, the SPAISE2 automatic ship identification system and the Compact Infra Red
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Vinony's link graph records 253 inbound references to ALOS-2, and connects out to Broadcasting Satellite (Japanese), H-IIA and Suzaku.
It is catalogued under topics including 2014 in Japan, Earth observation satellites of Japan and JAXA.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Follows
- ALOS
- Mass
- 2120
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Official website
- global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2
- Image
- Inside JAXA Space Dome 8.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- H-IIA
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2014-05-24
- Commons category
- ALOS-2
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- launch contractor
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- service life
- 5
- native label
- 陸域観測技術衛星2号
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Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2), also called Daichi-2, is a Japanese satellite launched in 2014. Although the predecessor ALOS satellite had featured 2 optical cameras in addition to L-band (1.2 GHz/25 cm) radar, ALOS-2 had optical cameras removed to simplify construction and reduce costs. The PALSAR-2 radar is a significant upgrade of the PALSAR radar, allowing higher-resolution (1 x 3 m per pixel) spotlight modes in addition to the 10 m resolution survey mode inherited from the ALOS spacecraft. Also, the SPAISE2 automatic ship identification system and the Compact Infra Red Camera (CIRC) will provide supplementary data about sea-going ships and provide early warnings of missile launches.
== Launch == ALOS-2 was launched from Tanegashima, Japan, on 24 May 2014 by a H-IIA rocket.
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