Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3) is one of the follow-on missions of ALOS, also called “DAICHI” (2006−2011), and it takes over the optical mission from ALOS. The goal of the ALOS-3 mission is to contribute to the disaster monitoring and updating of geo-spatial information, as well as the environmental monitoring of coastal and vegetation areas. The main payload of ALOS-3 is an optical camera, named wide-swath and high-resolution optical imager (WISH). It has a resolution of 80 cm (panchromatic) and 3.2 m (multispectral) at nadir together with a wide-swath of 70 km by employing an off-axis large FMA (Four Mirror Anastigmat) telescope. The detectors on the focal plane are TDI-CCDs, with observational bands of panchromatic and six multispectral bands, including “coastal (0.40 - 0.45 μm)” and “RedEdge (0.69 - 0.74 μm)” in addition to red, green, blue, and near-inferred. In order to achieve high optical performance, the technical challenges specific to this satellite telescope have been required in all the processes of design, manufacturing, and testing. This paper presents an overview of the WISH and the development result of each process. All the processes have been completed without critical problems, and all the required pre-flight performance has been verified and reviewed.
JAXA has developed the Advanced Optical Satellite (ALOS-3) as a successor to the optical mission of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) "Daichi" (2006 - 2011) since FY 2016. The wide-swath and high-resolution optical imager (WISH) is the main instrument of ALOS-3 and equipped with a panchromatic (Pa) band and 6 multispectral (MS) bands. For the optics of WISH, a large off-axis four mirror anastigmat type has been selected to achieve both highresolution (0.8 m Pa, 3.2 m MS) and wide-swath (70 km). The proto-flight model (PFM) of all mirrors has already in the precision polishing process, and highly accurate measurements of large off-axis aspherical surfaces (primary and tertiary mirror) are carried out both in a contact and a non-contact method. The verification concerning the high precision assembly of the large off-axis optical system was also carried out using the structural model which is manufactured with the same design for the PFM. Manufacture and test of the PFM of WISH would be conducted over the next one year and the PFM would be delivered to the ALOS-3 satellite system within FY 2019. ALOS-3 is scheduled to be launch from Tanegashima Space Center in FY 2020.
JAXA has continued to develop the Advanced Optical Satellite (called “ALOS-3”) since FY 2016, as a successor of the optical mission of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) “DAICHI” (2006-2011). The wide-swath and highresolution optical imager (WISH) is a main sensor of ALOS-3. It has capabilities to collect high-resolution (0.8m Pan / 3.2m MS at nadir) and wide-swath (70 km) images with a high geo-location accuracy to meet the mission objectives of ALOS-3. WISH has a Pan band and 6 MS bands. The MS equips the basic four bands (R, G, B and NIR) and 2 additional bands of "coastal" and "RedEdge" expected to use for the various applications. The development of WISH is in the final stage of the critical design phase. We have finished the test of engineering model of the primary mirror assembly with no critical problem. In addition, the mechanical environmental tests using the structure model was completed, and the demonstration for high accuracy assembling of the large off-axis telescope is undergoing. For the detector system, the evaluation of the engineering model of the CCDs was completed in early phase, and assembly of the flight CCDs has been started in advance. In the current schedule, PFM manufacturing and subsequent proto-flight tests would be conducted within about a year and WISH would be delivered to the satellite system by the middle of FY 2019. ALOS-3 equipped with WISH would be launched by H-IIA rocket in FY 2020.
The Japanese Advanced Optical Satellite (called “ALOS-3”) is a successor of the optical mission of the Advanced Land
Observing Satellite (ALOS) “DAICHI” (2006-2011). The main objectives of the ALOS-3 project are to take images of
the global land area with high GSD (<1 m) and wide swath (>70 km), and build a large image database to prepare for
disasters, etc. By extracting the difference before and after the disaster, the situation of the damage would be grasped
quickly. ALOS-3 also contribute to maintenance and update of the geospatial information of all over the world. The
satellite has capabilities to take stereo images, thus the Digital Surface Model (DSM) of the interested area would also be
provided. The data which will be acquired by ALOS-3 is expected to be useful in various social needs. ALOS-3 is
scheduled to be launch in FY2020.
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