FORMOSAT-5

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FORMOSAT-5 is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 42920
Int'l Code: 2017-049A
Perigee: 720.8 km
Apogee: 739.1 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 99.3 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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1 42920U 17049A   24326.09243752  .00000530  00000-0  14538-3 0  9999
2 42920  98.2796  41.4245 0012885  47.9037 312.3251 14.50872161383572

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC