Evolution of SAR Satellite for Agriculture Applications - APRSAF

5. Conclusions• MELCO has been involved in the government observation satelliteprograms for over 30 years as system prime contractor and has manyheritage of LEO observation platform and components.• MELCO is now developing ALOS-2 to be launched in 2013.• ALOS-2 has state-of-the-art L-band SAR sensor that has high resolution,polarimetry(HH/VV/HV/VH) and PAA capability. ALOS-2 can contribute tovarious applications for agricultural monitoring.• MELCO would like to contribute to SAR applications for various fieldsand is ready to make detailed discussions for future cooperation andcontributions.22