ALOS

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ALOS is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28931

Int'l Code: 2006-002A

Perigee: 675.6 km

Apogee: 678.5 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 98.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7048 km

RCS: 13.5 m² (large)

Launch date: January 24, 2006
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

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.

1 28931U 06002A   24326.29519255  .00003225  00000-0  58063-3 0  9993
2 28931  98.0582 276.2988 0002058  54.0668 306.0727 14.67247764  4370

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC