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ADEOS II
Derelict Japanese Earth observation satellite / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ADEOS II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2) was an Earth observation satellite (EOS) launched by NASDA,[2] with contributions from NASA and CNES, in December 2002.[3] and it was the successor to the 1996 mission ADEOS I. The mission ended in October 2003 after the satellite's solar panels failed.[4]
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![]() Illustration of ADEOS II | |||||||||||||
Names | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II Midori II ADEOS 2 | ||||||||||||
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Mission type | Earth observation Environmental monitoring | ||||||||||||
Operator | NASDA | ||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 2002-056A ![]() | ||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 27597 | ||||||||||||
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 10 months and 9 days (achieved) | ||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||
Bus | ADEOS | ||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | ||||||||||||
Launch mass | 3,680 kg (8,110 lb) | ||||||||||||
Payload mass | 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) | ||||||||||||
Dimensions | 6 × 4 × 4 m (20 × 13 × 13 ft) | ||||||||||||
Power | 5.3 kW | ||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||
Launch date | 14 December 2002, 01:31 UTC | ||||||||||||
Rocket | H-IIA 202 | ||||||||||||
Launch site | Tanegashima Space Center, Yoshinobu 1 | ||||||||||||
Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | ||||||||||||
End of mission | |||||||||||||
Last contact | 23 October 2003, 23:55 UTC | ||||||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] | ||||||||||||
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit | ||||||||||||
Perigee altitude | 806 km (501 mi) | ||||||||||||
Apogee altitude | 807 km (501 mi) | ||||||||||||
Inclination | 98.70° | ||||||||||||
Period | 101.00 minutes | ||||||||||||
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