Public Affairs Department<br />Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<br />Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,<br />1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260<br />Japan<br />TEL:+81-3-6266-6400<br /><br />February 15, 2006<br /><br />Image data acquired by the PRISM onboard the "Daichi"<br /><br />The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce<br />that image data was successfully acquired by the Panchromatic Remote-<br />sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) onboard the Advanced<br />Land Observing Satellite "Daichi," which was launched on January 24,<br />2006 (Japan Standard Time, JST). The data was acquired as part of the<br />initial functional verification test.<br /><br />The attached images of Mt. Fuji (Diagram 1) and Shimizu Port in<br />Shizuoka Prefecture (Diagram 2) were both observed by the PRISM at<br />10:30 a.m. on Feb. 14 (JST [0130 UTC]), and later received at the<br />Earth Observation Center (in Hatoyama-cho, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref.)<br /><br />This sensor can acquire high-resolution three directional 3-D data,<br />marking a world first for an earth observation satellite data.<br /><br />We will release more image acquisitions by the Advanced Visible and<br />Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) and the Phased Array type<br />L-band Synthetic Aperture Rader (PALSER) as soon as they are performed.<br /><br />Diagram 1: Mt Fuji observed by the PRISM,<br /> http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/02/20060215_daichi_e.html#at01<br /><br />Diagram 2: Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture as observed by the<br />PRISM,<br /> http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/02/20060215_daichi_e.html#at02<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Public Affairs Department<br />Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<br />Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,<br />1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260<br />Japan<br />TEL:+81-3-6266-6400<br /><br />February 17, 2006<br /><br />Image data acquired by the PALSAR onboard the "Daichi"<br /><br />The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Japan Aerospace<br />Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that image data was<br />successfully acquired by the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic<br />Aperture Radar (PALSAR) onboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite<br />"Daichi," which was launched on January 24, 2006 (Japan Standard Time,<br />JST). The data was acquired as part of the initial functional<br />verification test.<br /><br />The attached images of Mt. Fuji and Izu Peninsular (Diagram 1) and<br />Shizuoka City (Diagram 2) were observed by the PALSAR at 10:16 p.m.<br />on Feb. 15 (JST [1316 UTC]]), and later received at the Earth<br />Observation Center (in Hatoyama-cho, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref.)<br /><br />The PALSAR is the only satellite that uses onboard phased array type<br />synthetic aperture radar with L-band by which observations are less<br />affected by conditions on the Earth's surface. By observing the same<br />location on the Earth twice (interference processing), the observation<br />accuracy for the elevation and subsidence on the Earth can be as close<br />as a few centimeters.<br /><br />Note: The PALSAR was developed by the METI in cooperation with JAXA.<br />At the METI, the Japan Resources Observation System Organization<br />(JAROS) is in charge of developing the electric equipment, and the<br />Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) is in charge of<br />data processing and its use and research.<br /><br />Diagram 1: Mt Fuji and the Izu Peninsular observed by the PALSAR,<br /> http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/02/20060217_daichi_e.html#at01<br /><br />Diagram 2: Shizuoka City Area during the night,<br /> http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/02/20060217_daichi_e.html#at02<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Public Affairs Department<br />Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<br />Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,<br />1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260<br />Japan<br />TEL:+81-3-6266-6400<br /><br />February 17, 2006<br /><br />Image data acquired by the AVNIR-2 onboard the "Daichi"<br /><br />The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce<br />that image data was successfully acquired by the Advanced Visible and<br />Near Infrared Radiometer type-2 (AVNIR-2) onboard the Advanced Land<br />Observing Satellite "Daichi," which was launched on January 24, 2006<br />(Japan Standard Time, JST.) The data was acquired as part of the<br />initial functional verification test.<br /><br />The attached image of the Tanegashima area was observed by the<br />AVNIR-2 at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 17 (JST [0150 UTC]), and later<br />received at the Earth Observation Center (in Hatoyama-cho, Hiki-gun,<br />Saitama Pref.)<br /><br />The Daichi is the only satellite that can perform high resolution<br />observations of one specific area with both light and radio frequency<br />by using both the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2<br />(AVNIR-2) and the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Rader<br />(PALSER) simultaneously. Through this ability, it can identify the<br />Earth's surface more precisely.<br /><br />Diagram 1: Tanegahima Island observed by the AVNIR-2,<br /> http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/02/20060217_daichi-2_e.html#at01