ALOS-4 Program
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4), nicknamed DAICHI-4, is an Earth-observation program launched on 1 July 2024. Its PALSAR-3 phased-array L-band synthetic-aperture radar and ship-identification receiver provide high-resolution, broad-swath, day-and-night, all-weather observations for disaster areas, forests, sea ice, and maritime monitoring; JAXA lists ALOS-4 in operation as the successor to DAICHI-2.
Identity
- Aliases
- DAICHI-4ALOS-4Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4Advanced Land Observing Satellite 4
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- ALOS-4 Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4), nicknamed DAICHI-4, is an Earth-observation program launched on 1 July 2024. Its PALSAR-3 phased-array L-band synthetic-aperture radar and ship-identification receiver provide high-resolution, broad-swath, day-and-night, all-weather observations for disaster areas, forests, sea ice, and maritime monitoring; JAXA lists ALOS-4 in operation as the successor to DAICHI-2.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2024-07-01
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:17:39 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:17:39 UTC