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FORMOSAT-5

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FORMOSAT-5 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 42920
Int'l Code: 2017-049A
Perigee: 723.5 km
Apogee: 736.7 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 99.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7101 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.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 42920U 17049A   23161.70925116  .00000256  00000-0  76195-4 0  9997
2 42920  98.3224 239.1571 0009350 225.5976 134.4454 14.50822476306810
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC