ALOS-2 development status and draft acquisition strategy

Shinichi Suzuki; Yukihiro Kankaku; Yuji Osawa

doi:10.1117/12.973708

19 November 2012 ALOS-2 development status and draft acquisition strategy

Shinichi Suzuki, Yukihiro Kankaku, Yuji Osawa

Proceedings Volume 8533, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XVI; 85330A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.973708
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) will succeed to the radar mission of the ALOS “Daichi” which had contributed to cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and earth resources surveys for more than 5 years until its termination of operation in May 2011. The state-of-the-art L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) called PALSAR-2 onboard ALOS-2 will have enhanced performance in both high resolution (1m * 3m at finest in the Spotlight mode) and wide swath (up to 490km in the ScanSAR wide mode), compared to ALOS/PALSAR. Wider bandwidth and shorter revisit time will give better conference for INSAR data analysis such as crustal deformation and deforestation. The SAR antenna consists of 5 panels with total 1,080 radiation elements which are driven by 180 Transmit-Receive-Modules in order to steer and form a beam in both range and azimuth direction. In order to reduce range ambiguities,PALSAR-2 is capable to transmit up or down chirp signal alternatively and has phase modulation with zero or pi as well. The Proto Flight Model of ALOS-2 including PALSAR-2 is under integration and testing at JAXA’s Tsukuba Space Center. From experiences of the ALOS operation, a systematic observation strategy to achieve consistent data acquisitions in time and space was crucial. Since more observation modes of PALSAR-2 than those of PALSAR may trigger more conflicts among user requests, a basic observation scenario must be prepared to fulfill the mission requirements. This paper describes the current development status of ALOS-2 and a draft acquisition strategy for PALSAR-2.

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Shinichi Suzuki, Yukihiro Kankaku, and Yuji Osawa "ALOS-2 development status and draft acquisition strategy", Proc. SPIE 8533, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XVI, 85330A (19 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.973708

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