ALOS-2
Success
MAY 24201403:05:14 UTCH-IIA carried ALOS-2, the Daichi-2 land-observing satellite, together with four small piggyback payloads. Successor to Japan's Daichi satellite of 2006, ALOS-2 carries the PALSAR-2 radar, which widens the observable area from 870 km to 2,320 km and can look to either side of the satellite.
LIFTOFF
MAY 24 201403:05:14 UTC
Success
launched from Y1 Tanegashima
aboard H2A 202 F24 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payloads · 5
- 01
RISING-2
Earth observation
- 02
UNIFORM-1
Earth observation
- 03
SOCRATES
Technology demonstration
- 04
SPROUT
Technology demonstration
- 05
ALOS-2
Earth observation