Alos 2

Also called Daichi 2

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General

Designation	39766 / 14029A
Launch date	24 May 2014
Country of origin	Japan
Operator	NASDA
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	691 km, sunsynchronous
Inclination	97.9°
Period	97.4 min
Cycle	46 days
Launch vehicle	H2A #35

Main Instrument Palsar 2. Operational exploitation started in Dec 2014.

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External resources

http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index_e.html
http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/
sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch	2120 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar 2 (PALSAR 2)

Swath width	870 to 2320 km
Resolution	10m

Frequency: 1.2 GHz

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