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ALOS-3
Advanced Optical Satellite
Launched in:
2020
Repeat cycle:
35 days
Orbit height:
669 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
JAXA - Japan
Planned for 2020 or beyond
ALOS-3 websites
Information
JAXA - Advanced Optical Satellite-3
ESA eoPortal - ALOS-3
JAXA EORC - 2nd Research Announcement, Appendix 5
SPIE - Development WISH sensor for ALOS-3
JAXA - ALOS-3 overviews (PDF 2018)
On Board Sensors
WISH (Wide-swath and high-resolution optical imager)
Information
ESA eoPortal - ALOS-3
SPIE - Development WISH sensor for ALOS-3
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 Coastal (VIS)
0.4 to 0.45
3.2
70
Band 2 Blue (VIS)
0.45 to 0.5
3.2
70
Band 3 Green (VIS)
0.52 to 0.6
3.2
70
Band 4 Red (VIS)
0.61 to 0.69
3.2
70
Band 5 Red Edge (VIS)
0.69 to 0.74
3.2
70
Band 6 Near-Infrared (NIR)
0.76 to 0.89
3.2
70
Band PAN (VIS)
0.52 to 0.76
0.8
70