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FORMOSAT-2 (ROCSAT 2)

NORAD 28254 · Payload · In orbit since 2004

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Launched
2004-05-20 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
ROC (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
764 kg
Size
4 × 3 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
888 × 891 km
Inclination
98.8°
Period
102.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.