CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- FORMOSAT-2
-
|
|
Full Name
|
FORMOSA Satellite No. 2
|
Status
|
Mission complete
|
|
Mission Agencies
|
TASA
|
Launch Date
|
21 May 2004
|
|
Mission Links
|
mission site
|
EOL Date
|
01 Aug 2016
|
|
EO Portal Info
|
|
NORAD Catalog #
|
28254 (TLE)
|
|
|
|
International Designator
|
2004-018A
|
|
|
Orbit Type
|
|
Orbit Period
|
103 minutes
|
|
Orbit Sense
|
|
Orbit Inclination
|
97.7 deg
|
|
Orbit Altitude
|
891 km
|
Orbit Longitude
|
|
|
Orbit LST
|
10:00
|
Repeat Cycle
|
1 days
|
|
|
Objectives and Applications
|
Providing 2 meter resolution of image in panchromatic band and 8 meter resolution in multispectral bands with swath of 24 km with daily revisit capability for and large ground coverage for applications including disaster investigation, environment monitoring, and vegetation evaluation.
|
|
|
|
Mission Measurements
|
|
|
|
Mission Instruments
|
|
|