 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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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]
- ^ "ADEOS 2 2002-056A 27597". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "ADEOS-II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II) / Midori-II". ESA eoPortal Directory. 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "ADEOS-2". NASA. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Midori I (ADEOS I)". Satellite News Digest. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
