Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · SSO
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)
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALOS-2 2014-029A | Payload | 630 × 632 km · 97.9° | Globe |
| UNIFORM 1 2014-029B | Payload | 576 × 581 km · 97.8° | Globe |
| SOCRATES 2014-029C | Payload | 579 × 585 km · 97.9° | Globe |
| RISING 2 2014-029D | Payload | 566 × 570 km · 97.6° | Globe |
| SPROUT 2014-029E | Payload | re-entered 2024-08-12 | |
| H-2A R/B 2014-029F | Rocket body | 512 × 526 km · 98.2° | Globe |
| H-2A DEB 2014-029G | Debris | re-entered 2014-07-09 |
COSPAR ID 2014-029 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).