Formosat-2

Formosat-2
Spacecraft properties
The model of Formosat-2
Names	ROCSAT-2

Mission type	Earth observation
Operator	NSPO
COSPAR ID	2004-018A
SATCAT no.	28254
Mission duration	12 years


Manufacturer	NSPO
Launch mass	750 kg (1,650 lb)^[1]


Start of mission
Launch date	19 May 2004 17:47 UTC^[1]
Rocket	Taurus XL
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base


End of mission
Deactivated	19 August 2016^[2]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous

← Formosat-1 FORMOSAT-5 →

Formosat-2 (Chinese: 福爾摩沙衛星二號, formerly known as ROCSAT-2) is a decommissioned Earth observation satellite formerly operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. It was a high-resolution photographic surveillance satellite with a daily revisit capability.^[3] Images are commercially available from Astrium (formerly Spot Image).

Launch

Formosat-2 was launched on 19 May 2004, 17:47 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Taurus XL rocket.^[1] It had been delivered to the United States in December 2003, and had a scheduled launch date on 17 January 2004.^[4] The launch was continually delayed until May 2004.^[5]^[6] Formosat-2 was decommissioned in August 2016.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rocsat 2 - NSSDC ID: 2004-018A". NASA.
^ ^a ^b Chen, Wei-han (22 August 2016). "Aged Formosat-2 decommissioned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Formosat-2 images". Spot Image. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06.
^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (2 December 2003). "Taiwan's new satellite on its way". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (26 February 2004). "Postponing ROCSAT-2 launch not an election issue: NSC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (22 May 2004). "ROCSAT-2 gets off the ground". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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Formosat satellites

Future spacecraft in italics.

v t e ← 2003 Orbital launches in 2004 2005 →
January	Estrela do Sul 1 Progress M1-11
February	AMC-10 USA-176 Molniya-1 No.93
March	Rosetta (Philae) MBSat Eutelsat W3A USA-177 Globus No.17L
April	Superbird-A2 Tansuo 1, Naxing 1 Soyuz TMA-4 Gravity Probe B Ekspress AM-11
May	DirecTV-7S AMC-11 Formosat-2 Progress M-49 Kosmos 2405
June	Kosmos 2406 Intelsat 10-02 USA-178 Telstar 18 Demeter, AprizeSat-1, AprizeSat-2, Saudisat-2, SaudiComsat-1, SaudiComsat-2, UniSat-3, AMSAT-Echo
July	Aura Anik F2 Kosmos 2407 Tan Ce 2
August	MESSENGER Amazonas 1 Progress M-50 FSW-19 USA-179
September	Ofek-6 Shijian 6A, Shijian 6B GSAT-3 / EDUSAT Kosmos 2408, Kosmos 2409 Kosmos 2410 FSW-3 2
October	Soyuz TMA-5 AMC-15 Fengyun 2C Ekspress AM-1
November	Zi Yuan 2C USA-180 Tansuo 2 Swift
December	AMC-16 Helios IIA, Nanosat 01, Essaim 1, Essaim 2, Essaim 3, Essaim 4, Parasol HLVOLSDP, Sparkie, Ralphie Progress M-51 Sich-1M, MK-1TS Kosmos 2411, Kosmos 2412, Kosmos 2413
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). CubeSats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).