Spacetrack Directory Name | ALOS (DAICHI) |
Orbit launches | 2006-01-24 |
Country/organisation of origin | Japonia (JPN) |
Starting point | TANSC (Tanegashima Space Center, Japan) |
Categories | |
Perigee | 684 km/h |
Apogee | 685 km |
Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), is a 4-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2006. After five years of service, the satellite lost power and ceased communication with Earth, but remains in orbit.
satellite ALOS (DAICHI) Date of exalting 24.01.2006y.