Satellites

Payload

ALOS (DAICHI)

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

ALOS (DAICHI) is a Japan payload satellite, launched on January 24, 2006 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
January 24, 2006 at 01:33 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-IIA 2022
Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
Daichi

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
662 km
Periapsis
660 km
Inclination
98.13°
Orbital period
97.96 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
4,000 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-002A
NORAD catalog №
28931
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
13.593 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational