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Launch Date
5/24/2014
Launch Site
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Launch Vehicle
H-IIA 202 1 (H2 Family)
The ALOS-2 satellite carries a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that maps Earth's landscape by recording microwave reflections.
Orbit determination after launch showed ALOS-2 apogee altitude 647.4 km, perigee altitude 629.8 km, inclination 97.9 degrees, and orbital period 97.5 minutes.
As of May 20, 2014, the planned orbit for ALOS-2 was a sun-synchronous orbit with altitude 628 km, inclination 97.9 degrees, local time of descending node (LTDN) 12:00 ± 15 minutes, period 97.3 minutes, and return cycle 14 days.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA scheduled the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 24 (H-IIA F24) carrying ALOS-2 to launch on May 24, 2014 at 12:05:14 p.m. Japan Standard Time with a launch window from 12:05:14 through 12:19:07 JST.
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) is a follow-on mission to the original DAICHI (ALOS) spacecraft.
Deployment of ALOS-2 solar array paddles was confirmed by telemetry received at the Perth station in Australia at 12:30 p.m. on May 24, 2014 JST.
PALSAR-2 antenna deployment on ALOS-2 was completed on May 26, 2014.
PALSAR-2 is a Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar operating in the 1.2 GHz band aboard ALOS-2.
JAXA TODAY No.09 was published in April 2015 and included features on the Hayabusa2 mission, new leadership emerging from JAXA, a new water recovery system for manned exploration, and observations by Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2).