JERS-1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Earth resources, Land surface.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Japanese Earth Resource Satellite
aka Fuyou
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NASDA, JAXA
Launch Date
11 Feb 1992
Mission Links
data access portal
EOL Date
12 Oct 1998
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
96 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
570 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:45
Repeat Cycle
44 days
NORAD Catalog #s
21867, 21867
International Designators
1992-007A, 1992-007A

Mission Instruments

JERS-1 Comms - Communications package for JERS-1
L-band SAR - L-band Synthetic Apature Radar
OPS - Optical Sensor

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance L-band SAR, OPS
Landscape topography L-band SAR, OPS
Vegetation L-band SAR, OPS
Multi-purpose imagery (land) L-band SAR, OPS
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth L-band SAR, OPS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness L-band SAR, OPS

Featured Datasets

ALOS Mosaics
Jul-2018
Global 25m resolutions PALSAR-2/PALSAR mosaic and forest/non-forest map are free and open dataset generated by applying JAXA's powerful processing and sophisticated analysis method/techniques to a lot of images obtained with Japanese L-band Synthetic Aperture Radars (PALSAR and PALSAR-2) on Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) and Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2). Read more
JERS-1 SAR Level 1 Precision Image
Jan-1998
JERS-1 was a radar/optical mission led by NASDA (now JAXA). The overall objectives were the generation of global data sets with SAR and OPS sensors aimed at surveying resources, establishing an integrated EO system, and verifying instrument/system performances. The collection is composed of the data acquired by Fucino and Kiruna ESA ground stations, and data is made accesible via the TPM scheme. Read more
JERS-1 SAR Level 1 Single Look Complex Image
Jan-1998
JERS-1 was a radar/optical mission led by NASDA (now JAXA). The overall objectives were the generation of global data sets with SAR and OPS sensors aimed at surveying resources, establishing an integrated EO system, and verifying instrument/system performances. The collection is composed of the data acquired by Fucino and Kiruna ESA ground stations, and data is made accesible via the TPM scheme. Read more
JERS-1 OPS VNIR System Corrected Products Level 1
Jan-1998
JERS-1 was a radar/optical mission led by NASDA (now JAXA). The overall objectives were the generation of global data sets with SAR and OPS sensors aimed at surveying resources, establishing an integrated EO system, and verifying instrument/system performances. The collection is composed of the data acquired by Fucino and Kiruna ESA ground stations, and data is made accesible via the TPM scheme. Read more
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