Title :
ALOS-2 launch and early orbit operation result
Author :
Arikawa, Yoshihisa ; Saruwatari, Hideki ; Hatooka, Yasushi ; Suzuki, Shinichi
Author_Institution :
Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) carries the state-of-the-art L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) called PALSAR-2 which succeed to the ALOS/PALSAR. ALOS-2 was launched on 24th May 2014, and is performing the initial functional verifications of onboard components and systems. This paper describes the initial operation results on orbit and evaluates the performance.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2014 05 24; ALOS-2 launch; PALSAR-2; advanced land observing satellite-2; early orbit operation result; functional verifications; onboard components; state-of-the-art L-band synthetic aperture radar; Antennas; Arrays; Attitude control; Data handling; Orbits; Satellites; Sun; ALOS-2; PALSAR-2; SAR; operation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947212
