Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesH3-22Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)
Launched
July 1, 2024 · 03:06 UTC
Image: JAXA
Summary
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3-22 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on July 1, 2024 at 03:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:06 to 03:19 UTC. It was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 51st launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 6,715th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd H3-22 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 616 × 620 km orbit inclined 97.9°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
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- Vehicle
- H3-22 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for JAXA
- Milestone
- 3rd H3-22 flight · 2nd this yearMitsubishi Heavy Industries's 51st launch3rd this yearhumanity's 6,715th orbital launch attempt126th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Daichi-4 · NORAD 60182 · 2024-123 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-123A
- Epoch
- 2024-07-01 09:16:17 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.85963211 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002602
- Inclination
- 97.8742°
- Ascending node
- 279.8478°
- Arg. of perigee
- 94.1047°
- Mean anomaly
- 314.1565°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M56SBooster Separation
- T+3M30SFairing Separation
- T+5M3SMECO
- T+5M11SStage 2 Separation
- T+5M24SSES-1
- T+16M25SSECO-1
- T+16M45SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- Daichi-4 · NORAD 60182 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) is a Japanese satellite designed to observe the Earth's surface using a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3).
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
12th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, 2nd this year · 91st from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 1, 12:06 PM GMT+9, in daylight
18 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
135 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success with satellite solar panels deployed and in proper attitude control.
Show 7 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/1/2024 · source
Official Webcast by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構 has started
LL2 · 7/1/2024 · source
Delayed to July 1st due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/28/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2024 · source
NET June 2024; launch vehicle variant TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/10/2024 · source
Tweaked approximate launch date per launch manifest (P.129 of source).
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) launch?
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) launched on July 1, 2024 at 03:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:06 to 03:19 UTC.
Where can I watch Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)?
Coverage: Launch of Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4) aboard the third H3 Launch Vehicle; 先進レーダ衛星「だいち4号」（ALOS-4）／H3ロケット3号機打上げライブ中継. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4)?
H3-22, flown by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. H3-22 spec sheet
Where did Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Liftoff was Jul 1, 12:06 PM GMT+9 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) reach?
It reached a 616 × 620 km orbit inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).