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ALOS-2 (DAICHI-2)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2), nicknamed DAICHI-2, is an active Earth-observation mission launched on 24 May 2014 as the successor to DAICHI. Its PALSAR-2 L-band synthetic-aperture radar observes day and night in all weather for cartography, disaster monitoring, land and infrastructure observation, resource surveys, and global tropical-forest monitoring.

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DAICHI-2ALOS-2Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2
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ALOS-2 (DAICHI-2)
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Description
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2), nicknamed DAICHI-2, is an active Earth-observation mission launched on 24 May 2014 as the successor to DAICHI. Its PALSAR-2 L-band synthetic-aperture radar observes day and night in all weather for cartography, disaster monitoring, land and infrastructure observation, resource surveys, and global tropical-forest monitoring.
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Start Date
2014-05-24
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August 13, 2026 at 20:56:01 UTC
Updated Time
August 13, 2026 at 20:56:01 UTC

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