DocumentCode
143780
Title
ALOS-2 launch and early orbit operation result
Author
Arikawa, Yoshihisa ; Saruwatari, Hideki ; Hatooka, Yasushi ; Suzuki, Shinichi
Author_Institution
Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
fYear
2014
fDate
13-18 July 2014
Firstpage
3406
Lastpage
3409
Abstract
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) carries the state-of-the-art L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) called PALSAR-2 which succeed to the ALOS/PALSAR. ALOS-2 was launched on 24th May 2014, and is performing the initial functional verifications of onboard components and systems. This paper describes the initial operation results on orbit and evaluates the performance.
Keywords
geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2014 05 24; ALOS-2 launch; PALSAR-2; advanced land observing satellite-2; early orbit operation result; functional verifications; onboard components; state-of-the-art L-band synthetic aperture radar; Antennas; Arrays; Attitude control; Data handling; Orbits; Satellites; Sun; ALOS-2; PALSAR-2; SAR; operation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Quebec City, QC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947212
Filename
6947212
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