FORMOSAT-5

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FORMOSAT-5 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 42920

Int'l Code: 2017-049A

Perigee: 721.1 km

Apogee: 737.8 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 99.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7100 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 24, 2017
Source: Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

FORMOSAT-5 is an Earth remote sensing satellite which was built and operated by the National Space Organization of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Equipped with the Remote Sensing Imager (RSI) payload, providing multispectral and panchromatic imaging capabilities, FORMOSAT-5 will replace the FORMOSAT-2 satellite which was retired last August. FORMOSAT-5 also carries the Advanced Ionospheric Probe, or AIP, package, which will study the behavior of plasma within Earth’s ionosphere.

1 42920U 17049A   24208.56897102  .00000413  00000-0  11562-3 0  9998
2 42920  98.2900 285.7281 0011716  53.5835 306.6439 14.51017253366538

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC