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Mission
Earth Science · SSO
ALOS (Advanced Land Observation Satellite) is used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. ALOS has three remote-sensing instruments: - the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) for digital elevation mapping with 2.5 meter…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALOS (DAICHI) 2006-002A | Payload | 659 × 661 km · 98.2° | Globe |
| H-2A R/B 2006-002B | Rocket body | 474 × 541 km · 98.3° | Globe |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002C | Debris | re-entered 2006-12-04 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002D | Debris | re-entered 2006-12-12 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002E | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-03 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002F | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-18 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002G | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-18 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002H | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-25 |
Show all 25 objects
| H-2A DEB 2006-002J | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-13 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002K | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-29 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002L | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-17 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002M | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-22 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002N | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-09 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002P | Debris | re-entered 2007-01-08 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002Q | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-20 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002R | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-10 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002S | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-23 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002T | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-20 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002U | Debris | re-entered 2007-01-09 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002V | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-17 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002W | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-14 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002X | Debris | re-entered 2006-11-11 | |
| H-2A DEB 2006-002Y | Debris | re-entered 2006-10-26 | |
| ALOS DEB 2006-002Z | Debris | 607 × 609 km · 98.2° | Globe |
| ALOS DEB 2006-002AA | Debris | 609 × 611 km · 98.1° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2006-002 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).