Objectives and Applications
An earth observation satellite observing the changes in water on the earth, biological systems, and the ozone layer.
Full Name
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II
aka Midori-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
14 Dec 2002
Mission Links
EOL Date
25 Oct 2003
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
803 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
4 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ADEOS Comms - Communications package for ADEOS |
| AMSR - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
| GLI - Global Imager |
| ILAS-II - Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II |
| POLDER-2 - POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
| SeaWinds - SeaWinds |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | GLI, ILAS-II, POLDER-2 |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMSR, ILAS-II, POLDER-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | GLI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSR, GLI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AMSR |
| Ozone | ILAS-II |
| Radiation budget | GLI |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | ILAS-II |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | ILAS-II |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | POLDER-2 |
| Soil moisture | AMSR |
| Vegetation | GLI, POLDER-2 |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | POLDER-2 |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | GLI |
| Ocean surface winds | AMSR, SeaWinds |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AMSR |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | GLI |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AMSR, GLI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AMSR, GLI |