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ASNARO 2 [USEF]
The ASNARO 2 (Advanced Satellite with New system Architecture for Observation) is an planned Japanese radar satellite. It will feature an X-band radar.
The satellite is based on NEC's NEXTAR NX-300L bus. The imaging system is the 1 kW XSAR, a X-band SAR with a ground resolution of 1 m and a swath width of 10 km. XSAR can also be employed in the ScanSAR mode, which uses the satellites attitude control system to sweep out adjacent image strips to allow a broader ground swath to over 50 km, but with a reduced resolution of 16 meters.
ASNARO 2 was planned to be launched in November 2017 on an Epsilon launch vehicle. Due to a defect in an electric system on the third Epsilon Launch Vehicle discovered during the inspection at the site, Japan decided to postpone the launch of the satellite to January 2018.
| Nation: | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, Earth observation |
| Operator: | USEF |
| Contractors: | NEC |
| Equipment: | XSAR X-band Radar |
| Configuration: | NEXTAR NX-300L |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 5 years |
| Mass: | 570 kg |
| Orbit: | 493 km × 506 km, 97.37° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASNARO 2 | 2018-007A | 17.01.2018 | Ka LP-M | Epsilon (2) CLPS |
Launch Sites:
- Ka = Kagoshima Space Center / Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
References:
- eoPortal Directory: ASNARO-2 (Advanced Satellite with New system ARchitecture for Observation-2)
