2004 · Orbital Sciences Corporation
Formosat-2
successTaurus 3210 | Formosat-2
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 20, 2004 at 05:47 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Mission
- Formosat-2
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit