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
- Name
- ALOS-2 (DAICHI-2)
- Status
- active
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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.
- Destination
- Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent orbit at 628 km (97.9° inclination; 14-day repeat cycle) for all-weather, day-and-night L-band radar observation supporting cartography, disaster monitoring, land and infrastructure observation, resource surveys, and tropical-forest monitoring
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- Start Date
- 2014-05-24
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 20:56:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 00:25:03 UTC
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