The sensor complement of ALOS-3 will feature more enhanced capabilities than those provided by the PRISM and AVNIR-2 instruments. The mission concept of ALOS-3 calls for the following services:
• ALOS-3 will supply high-resolution imagery of 0.8 m and a wide swath of 50 km to contribute to archives of satellite image maps all over the world. ALOS-3 will also produce pan-sharpened images with simultaneous acquisition of panchromatic images and four-band multi-spectral images.
• ALOS-3 will perform simultaneous observations of ground surfaces from different angles using the nadir-looking and backward-looking panchromatic imager in order to produce precise DSMs (Digital Surface Models) by stereo pair images to be used in many fields.
• ALOS-3 will enable image acquisition of any point in a wide area by satellite body-pointing to achieve timely monitoring when a disaster occurs.