ALOS

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ALOS is classified as:

• Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28931
Int'l Code: 2006-002A
Perigee: 679.3 km
Apogee: 682.4 km
Inclination: 98.0 °
Period: 98.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7051 km
RCS: 13.5 m² (large)
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.

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BLOCK DM-SL R/B Track 1 satellite(s)

1 28931U 06002A   24208.81413925  .00002721  00000-0  50442-3 0  9990
2 28931  98.0383 161.0368 0002184  64.3889 295.7541 14.66060735987155

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC