BackForward Satellite: ALOS-4 

Satellite details
Acronym ALOS-4
Full name Advanced Land Observing Satellite - 4
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 4th flight unit of the ALOS programme.
  • Main mission: land observation.
  • Substantial contribution to ocean observation.
Mass at launch 3000 kg Dry mass
Power 5200 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • TBD
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 640 km
ECT 12:00 desc

 

Space agency JAXA
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2024 EOL ≥2030
Last update: 2023-12-21
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on ALOS-4

Acronym Full name
PALSAR-3 Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar - 3
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Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
PALSAR-3 active 1 GHz - 1.27 GHz 0 MHz - L-band SAR