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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ALOS-4
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Full Name
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4
aka DAICHI-4
Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
JAXA
Launch Date
TBD
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Mar 2030
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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
Objectives and Applications
Environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Winds
PALSAR-3
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
PALSAR-3
Land
Albedo and reflectance
PALSAR-3
Landscape topography
PALSAR-3
Soil moisture
PALSAR-3
Vegetation
PALSAR-3
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
PALSAR-3
Ocean
Ocean surface winds
PALSAR-3
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
PALSAR-3
Snow & Ice
Ice sheet topography
PALSAR-3
Snow cover, edge and depth
PALSAR-3
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
PALSAR-3
Mission Instruments
PALSAR-3 - Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-3
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