ALOS

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ALOS is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28931

Int'l Code: 2006-002A

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   26258.61277364  .00000987  00000-0  17200-3 0  9997
2 28931  98.1420 213.9482 0002087  73.2249 286.9185 14.70217733101389

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC