The second Advanced Earth Observing Satellite, ADEOS-II, was launched on 14 December 2002; its initial verification phase lasted until mid-April 2003. Please see the ADEOS page for information on the original satellite. The satellite failed in late October 2003. During its short life, the satellite had a polar, circular, sun-synchronous 800-km orbit with a 4-day repeat cycle. ADEOS-II carried the following sensors: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), Global Imager (GLI), Sea Winds (SeaWinds), Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (POLDER), and Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II (ILAS-II). GLI was the only imaging sensor for earth observation.
| Number of Bands | Wavelength Region (µm) | Resolution (m) |
| 22 | VNIR | 250 and 1km |
| 5 | SWIR | 250 and 1km |
| 7 | Mid- and TIR | 1km |
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