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ALOS-2
Japanese synthetic-aperture radar satellite launched in 2014. ALOS-2 was launched on May 24, 2014 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-029ANORAD 39766Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Daichi-2
- Common name
- ALOS-2
- Payload designation
- ALOS-2
- International designator
- 2014-029A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39766
- GCAT identifier
- S39766
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/737
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- NASDA RS
- Owner
- JAXA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Electric Co.
- Platform (bus)
- ALOS
Launch
- Date
- May 24, 2014 · 03:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-029Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 631 km
- Apogee
- 634 km
- Inclination
- 97.88°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,120 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 9.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.70 m
- Span
- 16.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16937207 (CC0).