CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- FormoSat-1
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Full Name
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FormoSat-1 (Republic of China Satellite - 1)
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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TASA
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Launch Date
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26 Jan 1999
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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17 Jun 2004
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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96.7 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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35 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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600 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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52 days
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Objectives and Applications
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ROCSat is a satellite program of NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan. A major program objective was to provide a national (NSPO, industry, university, etc.) capability and to create an infrastructure and environment for state-of-the-art space age technology and research.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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