ADEOS II
ADEOS II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2) was an Earth observation satellite (EOS) launched by NASDA, with contributions from NASA and CNES, in December 2002. and it was the successor to the 1996 mission ADEOS I. The mission ended in October 2003 after the satellite's solar panels failed.
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 | ||||||||||||
| 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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