Payload
FORMOSAT 7-6
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 44353
FORMOSAT 7-6 is a Taiwan's National Space Organization/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admistration (NOAA) payload satellite, launched on June 25, 2019 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 25, 2019 at 06:30 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon Heavy →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- STP-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 579 km
- Periapsis
- 577 km
- Inclination
- 24°
- Orbital period
- 96.23 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Taiwan's National Space Organization/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admistration (NOAA)
- Manufacturer
- Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 278 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- 1.2 × 1 × 1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-036Q
- NORAD catalog №
- 44353
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Taiwan- Status
- Operational