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ALOS-2

Japanese synthetic-aperture radar satellite launched in 2014
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ALOS-2

Summary

ALOS-2 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite[1]. ALOS-2 draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (synthetic_aperture_radar_satellite category, ranking #7 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • ALOS-2 is in the country of Japan[3].
  • ALOS-2's image is recorded as Inside JAXA Space Dome 8.jpg[4].
  • ALOS-2's instance of is recorded as synthetic aperture radar satellite[5].
  • ALOS-2's operator is recorded as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[6].
  • ALOS-2's follows is recorded as ALOS[7].
  • ALOS-2's followed by is recorded as ALOS-3[8].
  • ALOS-2's manufacturer is recorded as Mitsubishi Electric[9].
  • ALOS-2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2014-029A[10].
  • ALOS-2's Commons category is recorded as ALOS-2[11].
  • ALOS-2's space launch vehicle is recorded as H-IIA[12].
  • ALOS-2's SCN is recorded as 39766[13].
  • ALOS-2's country of origin is recorded as Japan[14].
  • ALOS-2's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[15].
  • ALOS-2's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit[16].
  • ALOS-2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2014-05-24T00:00:00Z[17].
  • ALOS-2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010qckf8[18].
  • ALOS-2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • ALOS-2's official website is recorded as https://www.satnavi.jaxa.jp/ja/project/alos-2/[20].
  • ALOS-2's official website is recorded as https://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index_j.html[21].
  • ALOS-2's official website is recorded as https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/[22].
  • ALOS-2's launch contractor is recorded as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[23].
  • ALOS-2's carries scientific instrument is recorded as Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar[24].
  • ALOS-2's start point is recorded as Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 1[25].
  • ALOS-2's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '陸域観測技術衛星2号'}[26].
  • ALOS-2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2120'}[27].

Why It Matters

ALOS-2 draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (synthetic_aperture_radar_satellite category, ranking #7 of 11).[2] ALOS-2 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

ALOS ALOS-3 H-IIA Japan Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Heavy Industries synthetic aperture radar satellite

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . mitsubishielectric.com. mitsubishielectric.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . mitsubishielectric.com. mitsubishielectric.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . space.oscar.wmo.int. space.oscar.wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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