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FORMOSAT-1 (ROCSAT 1)

NORAD 25616 · Payload · Reentered 2023-05-21

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Launched
1999-01-27 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
ROC (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
403 kg
Size
1.1 × 2 m · 3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
152 × 163 km
Inclination
34.9°
Period
87.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0008
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.