Formosat-5
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Formosat-5 (Formosa Satellite 5; Chinese: 福爾摩沙衛星五號) is the first Earth observation satellite manufactured and operated solely by the National Space Organization, the national civilian space agency of Taiwan. The satellite was launched from a Falcon 9 rocket on 24 August 2017, and placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 720 km. Formosat-5 can capture color and more detailed monochrome images, along with measuring the ionosphere plasma's properties.
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | NSPO |
COSPAR ID | 2017-049A |
SATCAT no. | 42920 |
Website | Formosat-5 |
Mission duration | Planned: 5 years Elapsed: 6 years, 10 months, 29 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | NSPO |
Launch mass | 475 kg (1,047 lb)[1] |
Dimensions | 1.6 × 2.8 m (5.2 × 9.2 ft)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 August 2017, 18:51 (2017-08-24UTC18:51) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 FT |
Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-4E |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Semi-major axis | 7,101.4 km (4,412.6 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.0009348 |
Perigee altitude | 716.6 km (445.3 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 729.9 km (453.5 mi) |
Inclination | 98.2892° |
Period | 99.25 minutes |
Epoch | 25 August 2017, 12:30:14 UTC[3] |
FORMOSAT programme |
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