ALOS

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ALOS is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28931

Int'l Code: 2006-002A

Perigee: 681.5 km

Apogee: 682.8 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 98.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7053 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   24138.64250661  .00004541  00000-0  84353-3 0  9999
2 28931  98.0342  92.3596 0000904 114.1779 245.9519 14.65649115976502

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC