Release Press: Polder 2 acquires first images and argos-next instrument begins operationg

February 20, 2003: NASDA successfully placed into orbit its ADEOS-II satellite (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II) on 14 December 2002 atop a Japanese H-IIA launcher. The satellite is carrying two French instruments: the POLDER 2 imaging polarimeter and the Argos-Next data localisation and collection instrument, in the frame of a French-Japanese cooperation.