TRITON Mission

Objectives and Applications

TRITON wind hunter satellite New Era Meteorological Satellite: Boosting Autonomous Capabilities 1 The 1st Self-Designed Satellite in Taiwan's History. 601 Altitude (Km) 250 Mass (Kg) Triton is Taiwan's first autonomous meteorological satellite, designed and manufactured by Taiwan Space Agency. It is equipped with domestically developed Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R).

Mission Summary

Full Name
TRITON
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
TASA
Launch Date
09 Oct 2023
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Oct 2028
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
97.92 deg
Orbit Altitude
601 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GNSS-R - Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
OceanOcean surface winds GNSS-R

OpenSearch Datasets

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