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FORMOSAT-5

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FORMOSAT-5 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 42920
Int'l Code: 2017-049A
Perigee: 723.1 km
Apogee: 736.4 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 99.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7100 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   24138.57521648  .00000631  00000-0  17100-3 0  9996
2 42920  98.2908 216.7391 0009369 262.9761  97.0368 14.50944345356381
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC