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FORMOSAT-5

NORAD 42920 · Payload · In orbit since 2017

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Launched
2017-08-24 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
ROC (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
525 kg
Size
3 × 1.2 m · 4.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
715 × 730 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
99.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0011
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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