ALOS


NORAD ID: 28931
Int'l Code: 2006-002A
Perigee: 699.4 km
Apogee: 702.3 km
Inclination: 98.1 °
Period: 98.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 7,071.8 km
Launch date: January 24, 2006
Source: Japan (JPN)
Comments: ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite), also known as Daichi, is a Japanese (JAXA) remote sensing craft that was launched by a H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 01:33 UT on 24 January 2006. The four-tonne satellite carries three instruments for cartographic and natural resource monitoring.


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