Objectives and Applications
FORMOSAT-9 mission provides SAR data for applications in the area of environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, resource management, topographic mapping, and information gathering. In addition, FORMOSAT-9 provides GNSS Radio Occultation (RO), Reflectometry (R) and Precise Orbit Determination (POD) data for extensive research on the sea-air interaction, the measurement of the soil properties and the detection of the icebergs, the prediction of the typhoon’s strength and path, and the Earth's gravitational field, among other topics.
Full Name
FORMOSAT-9B
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
TASA
Launch Date
Dec 2030
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2035
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
95 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.46 deg
Orbit Altitude
514 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00:00.000
Repeat Cycle
13 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GNSS-RO/R - GNSS Radio Occultation and Reflectometry (and POD) receiver |
| XPAA - X-band Phased Array Antenna |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNSS-RO/R |
| Atmospheric Winds | GNSS-RO/R |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNSS-RO/R |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GNSS-RO/R |
| Land | Landscape topography | XPAA |
| Vegetation | XPAA |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | XPAA |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | XPAA |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | XPAA |
| Snow & Ice | Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | XPAA |
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