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FORMOSAT 5
Taiwanese Earth observation satellite. FORMOSAT 5 was launched on August 24, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-049ANORAD 42920Taiwan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FORMOSAT 5
- Payload designation
- Formosat 5
- International designator
- 2017-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42920
- GCAT identifier
- S42920
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging, Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ROCSAT
- Owner
- NSPO
- Country
- Taiwan
- Builder
- National Space Organization
Launch
- Date
- August 24, 2017 · 18:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-049Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 710 km
- Apogee
- 729 km
- Inclination
- 98.30°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 525 kg
- Dry mass
- 445 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15915007 (CC0).