The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency completed the initial functional verification phase and initial calibration and verification phase of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite "Daichi" (ALOS) and will move on to the operations phase tomorrow. The "Daichi" was launched on January 24, 2006, (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Along with the start of the mission operation, observation data (called "ALOS data") from the "Daichi" will become available to the public. In Japan, you can receive data from two Japanese organizations, the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) and the Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) (1), and some overseas local organizations designated by ALOS node agencies (2) as they are ready to provide data. Some fees are required to receive the data.
JAXA also started providing data to the Sentinel Asia, which JAXA and other related organizations are currently establishing as a disaster management support system in the Asia-Pacific region.
(1) The ERSDAC provides only PALSAR data.
(2) The system to process and provide data in each region by dividing the world into four areas.
