Payload
ALOS-2
OperationalPayloadLEO
ALOS-2 is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload satellite, launched on May 24, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 24, 2014 at 03:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- ALOS-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 632 km
- Periapsis
- 630 km
- Inclination
- 97.92°
- Orbital period
- 97.33 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,120 kg
- Power
- 5,200 W
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39766
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 4.096 m²
- Status
- Operational