28931 - ALOS

ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite), also known as Daichi, is a Japanese (JAXA) remote sensing craft that was launched by a H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 01:33 UT on 24 January 2006. The four-tonne satellite carries three instruments for cartographic and natural resource monitoring.

Alternate Names

Advanced Land Observing Satellite
Daichi

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2006-01-24
Launch Vehicle: H-2A
Launch Site: Tanegashima, Japan
Mass: 4000.0 kg