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ALOS (DAICHI)

JAXA's Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), nicknamed DAICHI, was an Earth-observation mission launched on 2006-01-24. Its AVNIR-2, PRISM, and PALSAR instruments supported mapping, disaster response, land and forest monitoring, and environmental observation worldwide until operations were completed on 2011-05-12 after a power-generation anomaly.

ALOS (DAICHI)
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DAICHIAdvanced Land Observing SatelliteALOS MissionALOS-1
Name
ALOS (DAICHI)
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completed

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Description
JAXA's Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), nicknamed DAICHI, was an Earth-observation mission launched on 2006-01-24. Its AVNIR-2, PRISM, and PALSAR instruments supported mapping, disaster response, land and forest monitoring, and environmental observation worldwide until operations were completed on 2011-05-12 after a power-generation anomaly.
Destination
Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent orbit at approximately 692 km (98.16° inclination) for cartography, regional land observation, disaster monitoring, and natural-resource surveying
End Date
2011-05-12
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Start Date
2006-01-24
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https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos/topics.html

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August 15, 2026 at 22:06:56 UTC
Updated Time
August 22, 2026 at 11:46:11 UTC
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