| Names | Daichi 3 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Remote sensing |
| Operator | JAXA |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | 13 minutes and 55 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 March 2023 1:38:15 UTC [1] |
| Rocket | H3-22S |
| Launch site | Tanegashima LP2 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Destroyed via FTS |
| Last contact | March 7 2023 1:55 approximately |
| Decay date | March 7 2023 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Instruments | |
| OPS: OPtical Sensor IRS: InfraRed Sensor[2] | |
Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3 (ALOS-3), also called Daichi 3, was a 3-ton Japanese satellite launched on March 7 2023 which failed to reach orbit. It was to succeed the optical sensor PRISM (Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instruments for Stereo Mapping) carried on the ALOS satellite, which operated from 2006 to 2011. The ALOS-2 satellite and the ALOS-4 satellite carry synthetic-aperture radar.
The satellite was launched as the payload on the first launch of the H3 rocket in March 2023. A failure of the second stage engine to ignite led to the rocket along with its payload ALOS-3 being destroyed by use of Flight Termination System (FTS) to prevent risk of falling debris.
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