Shinichi SOBUE
ALOS-2 Mission Manager Satellite Application and Operation center, Space Technology Directorate I
JAXA
Shin-ichi Sobue got a master degree of engineering from Toyohashi university of Technology in Japan in 1989 and got a philosophical doctor of engineering from Kennedy-Western University in USA in 2000. His major is image data analysis of earth observation data. He joined JAXA in 1989 and had been work for earth observation satellite ground system development and data research management. From January 2017 to 2021, he served Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) project manager. From 2022, he serves deputy chief officer of Earth Observation missions and ALOS-2 mission manager in JAXA. He also plays a role of co-chair of APRSAF SAFE initiative, co-lead of GEO GEOGLAM Asia-RiCE team and ISPRS commission I workgroup 1 co-chair.