ALOS-4 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4
aka DAICHI-4
Mission Status
Commissioning
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Jul 2024
Mission Links
EOL Date
Jun 2031
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.9 deg
Orbit Altitude
628 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
12:00
Repeat Cycle
14 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

PALSAR-3 - Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-3
SPAISE3 (AIS) - Automated Identification System (SPAISE3)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Winds PALSAR-3
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements PALSAR-3
LandAlbedo and reflectance PALSAR-3
Landscape topography PALSAR-3
Soil moisture PALSAR-3
Vegetation PALSAR-3
Multi-purpose imagery (land) PALSAR-3
OceanOcean surface winds PALSAR-3
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) PALSAR-3
Snow & IceIce sheet topography PALSAR-3
Snow cover, edge and depth PALSAR-3
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness PALSAR-3

OpenSearch Datasets

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