Monday, June 20, 2005

ADEOS-2

 2002-056A


ADEOS 2 has a mass of 3680 kg. Size 6 x 4 x 4m, 28 m span, Irreg + 1 panel. GLI will have 36 bands, 1 km res. AMSR has 10 km res at high freq. This was the first launch since MHI took over launch operations from NASDA on Nov 20. Communications with the satellite failed in Oct 2003, almost exactly the same interval after launch as the ADEOS-1 failure.


ADEOS-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Dec 14  0131  Launch by H-2A 
  T+1:40 SRB-A burnout 
  T+1:47 SRB-A sep 
  T+4:20 5S PLF sep 
  T+6:35 St 1 MECO 
  T+6:43 St 1 sep 
 0137 T+6:49 St 2 MES  -5600? x 500?  
 0146 T+15:38 St 2 MECO 
 0147 T+16:28 ADEOS sep  804 x 806 x 98.7  
 0201 T+30:55 Fedsat sep 
 0203 T+32:40 WEOS sep 
 0205 T+34:30 MuLabSat sep 
2002 Dec 17   Intersat comms antenna deploy 
2003 Oct 24   In safemode 
 2300  Power and comms unstable, LOS 

Payload:

  • AMSR Adv Microwave scanning radiometer 6.9-53 GHz

  • GLI Global Imager; Ocean, land and cloud, 3750A-12.5mu

  • IOCS Inter-orbit comms system

  • SeaWinds Wind speed sensor.

  • CCR Corner cube reflector

  • DCS Data collection system

  • POLDER Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectance

  • VMS ODV-4 visual monitoring system (TV camera to observe solar paddle)

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