Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2)

Abstract

The Advance Land Observing Satellite (ALOS-2) was launched by H-IIA Launch Vehicle F24 from Tanegashima Space Center on May 24^th, 2014. ALOS-2 carries the state-of-art L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar, PALSAR-2. This paper introduces its mission, the satelllite system and examples of data use.