FORMOSAT-5
NORAD 42920 · 2017-049A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- ROC
- Launch date
- 2017-08-24
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- —
Purposes: earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T06:09:00.609984Z
- Period
- 99.25 min
- Inclination
- 98.2175°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012493
- Mean motion
- 14.50910830 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 713.8 km
- Apogee alt
- 731.5 km
- Semi-major
- 7,100.8 km
- B*
- 3.7913e-5
- RAAN
- 343.2554°
- Arg perigee
- 126.1435°
- Mean anomaly
- 234.0918°
- Rev number
- 48,147
§ Raw data
FORMOSAT-51 42920U 17049A 26270.25625706 .00000106 00000+0 37913-4 0 99912 42920 98.2175 343.2554 0012493 126.1435 234.0918 14.50910830481470
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/42920 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Downlink | 401.051 MHz | — |
| FM | Mode S | 2.215 GHz | — |
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