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Observation
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ADEOS-II |
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| Client |
JAXA |
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| Launch date |
December 14, 2002 |
| Launch vehicle |
H-IIA |
| Launch site |
Tanegashima Space Center |
| Orbit |
Altitude: 800 km, Sun-synchronous subrecurrent orbit |
| Mass |
3,680 kg (at launch) |
| Electrical power |
5,000 W (EOL) |
| Design life |
3 years |
| Responsibilities |
Prime contractor |
| Outline |
The ADEOS-II inherited the mission of the ADEOS. With this satellite successfully orbiting, it is expected to contribute to research into global climate change, including gaining an understanding of the mechanisms of such global environmental changes as global warming. It will also contribute to such practical fields as meteorology and fisheries.
NASDA (now JAXA) developed the core sensors for the ADEOS-II, while institutions both in Japan and abroad supplied and mounted a global imager and high-performance microwave radiation gauge, as well as the improved limb atmospheric spectrometer II, maritime wind observation system, and surface reflection observation system. The launch was made possible through the use of an H-II rocket. |
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