Title :
ALOS-2 orbit control and determination
Author :
Arikawa, Yoshihisa ; Yamamoto, Toru ; Kondoh, Yoshinori ; Akiyama, Kyohei ; Itoh, Hiroyuki ; 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 launch operation results, and the plan of the performance evaluation regarding to the orbit control and determination.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2014 05 24; ALOS-2 orbit control; ALOS-2 orbit determination; ALOS-PALSAR; Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2; PALSAR-2; initial functional verification; initial launch operation result; onboard component; onboard system; performance evaluation plan; state-of-the-art L-band synthetic aperture radar; Delays; Global Positioning System; Maintenance engineering; Orbits; Receivers; Satellites; Synthetic aperture radar; 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.2014.6947215
