Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2022Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Daichi
Launched
January 24, 2006
Image: JAXA
Summary
Daichi launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2022 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on January 24, 2006. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 16th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,752nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd H-IIA 2022 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Daichi, one of 25 catalogued objects, reached a 554 × 699 km orbit inclined 98.2°. 25 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 2nd H-IIA 2022 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 16th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,752nd orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Daichi · NORAD 28931 · 2006-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 25 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2006-002A
- Epoch
- 2006-01-24 02:39:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.8316967 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0104016
- Inclination
- 98.2177°
- Ascending node
- 99.4529°
- Arg. of perigee
- 127.3026°
- Mean anomaly
- 233.7724°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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.
Catalogued objects
25 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 23 debris; 4 still in orbit
- Daichi · NORAD 28931 · in orbit
H-2A F8 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ALOS (Advanced Land Observation Satellite) is used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. ALOS has three remote-sensing instruments: - the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) for digital elevation mapping with 2.5 meter resolution, - the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) for precise land coverage observation with 10 meter resolution, and - the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) for day-and-night and all-weather land observation. ALOS transmitts its data via the DRTS (Kodama) satellite. The ALOS was launched by an H-2A-2022 launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center. ALOS as been given the nickname Daichi. Five minutes after spacecraft separation, ALOS began to unfurl its 72-foot solar array that will provide electrical power to the craft throughout its mission. Six cameras are on-board to visually verify the correct deployment of the solar panel and various instrument antennas. ALOS lost all power on 22. April 2011, thus ending the mission.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
15th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 39th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
331 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Daichi launch?
Daichi launched on January 24, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Daichi?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Daichi?
H-IIA 2022, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2022 spec sheet
Where did Daichi launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Daichi reach?
Daichi, one of 25 catalogued objects, reached a 554 × 699 km orbit inclined 98.2°.
How many satellites did Daichi launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).