{"id":20641,"date":"2024-07-01T23:36:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/japans-h3-rocket-successfully-launches-earth-observation-satellite-alos-4\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T23:36:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:36:11","slug":"japans-h3-rocket-successfully-launches-earth-observation-satellite-alos-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/japans-h3-rocket-successfully-launches-earth-observation-satellite-alos-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s H3 Rocket Successfully Launches Earth Observation Satellite, ALOS-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s H3 rocket achieved a milestone on Sunday with the successful launch of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4), marking its third flight from the Tanegashima Space Center.<\/p>\n<p>The H3 rocket, launched at 0306 UTC on July 1, carried the ALOS-4, also known as DAICHI-4, which separated approximately 16 minutes and 34 seconds after liftoff, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cALOS-4\u2019s solar arrays fully deployed,\u201d JAXA stated, receiving telemetry data from the satellite at JAXA Mingenew Station in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement follows the H3\u2019s recovery from a second-stage engine failure during its debut launch in March 2023, which resulted in the destruction of its ALOS-3 payload and a subsequent delay for Japan\u2019s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Launch of Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 \u201cDAICHI-4\u201d (ALOS-4) aboard the third H3 Launch Vehicle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrUP9faAq3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Built by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, ALOS-4 is equipped with a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3), offering enhanced observation capabilities over its predecessor, ALOS-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe satellite will play a crucial role in disaster monitoring and environmental observation, including observing infrastructure displacement and ground transformations caused by natural events,\u201d JAXA noted.<\/p>\n<p>ALOS-4 boasts a swath width of 200 kilometers, significantly broader than ALOS-2, while maintaining high-resolution imaging capabilities. It also features an Automatic Identification System for ships (AIS) receiver to monitor oceanic activity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe successful launch of the H3 rocket solidifies Japan\u2019s position in space exploration and satellite technology,\u201d said a spokesperson for JAXA, highlighting the rocket\u2019s versatility in civilian, military, and international commercial launch missions.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s ongoing development of the H3 rocket underscores its commitment to advancing space exploration and satellite-based services, with plans for future missions including the resupply of the International Space Station (ISS) using the HTV-X cargo spacecraft.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s H3 rocket achieved a milestone on Sunday with the successful launch of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4), marking its third flight from the Tanegashima Space Center. The H3 rocket, launched at 0306 UTC on July 1, carried the ALOS-4, also known as DAICHI-4, which separated approximately 16 minutes and 34 seconds after liftoff, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7095,876,377,877],"class_list":["post-20641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alos-4","tag-h3","tag-japan","tag-jaxa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}