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.
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- Aliases
- DAICHIAdvanced Land Observing SatelliteALOS MissionALOS-1
- Name
- ALOS (DAICHI)
- Status
- 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
- Earth orbit
- End Date
- 2011-05-12
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- Programs
- Start Date
- 2006-01-24
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:06:56 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 22:06:56 UTC
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