Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

ALOS-2

H-IIA 202

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, May 24, 2014 · 03:05 UTC

Mission

/01

ALOS 2 (Advanced Land Observation Satellite 2) is a planned radar Earth observation satellite to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. It is the follow up to the radar component of ALOS (Daichi)

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

H-IIA 202

Variant: 202

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

30.401° N, 130.978° E

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Pad Launches

59

Location Launches

21

Agency Launches

30

Orbital This Year

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