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Advanced Land Observing Satellite
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<p>Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), was a 3810 kg Japanese <a href="/facts/Satellite/PTX8c68t">satellite</a> launched in 2006. After five years of service, the satellite lost power and ceased communication with Earth, but remains in orbit. </p>