Spacecraft design and mission details
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Name |
Formosat-2 |
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Country |
Taiwan |
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Developer |
Airbus Defence and Space (ex-EADS Astrium) |
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Operator |
NSPO (National Space Organization, Taiwan). Airbus Defense and Space own an exclusive right to supply the imagery. |
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Launch vehicle |
Taurus XL |
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Launch date |
21 May 2004 |
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Launch site |
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
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Date of deactivation |
19 August 2016 |
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Orbit: Type Altitude, km Inclination, deg. |
Sun-synchronous 891 99,1 |
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Mission duration, years |
12 |
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Revisit frequency, days |
1 |
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Mass, kg |
760 |
Formsat-2 is an NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan Earth imaging satellite with the objective to collect high-resolution panchromatic (2 m) and multispectral (8 m) imagery. The survey was performed with an RSI optical-electronic camera with a focal length of 2.9 m with a swath width of 24 km. The optical axis of the telescope could deviate by an angle of ± 45° along and across the orbital plane, which made it possible to obtain single-turn and inter-turn stereo pairs. The RSI camera on one turn could shoot one route 3000 km × 24 km, two stereo pairs 100 km × 24 km, four routes 100 km × 24 km or eight frames 24 km × 24 km.
Specifications
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Sensor bands |
PAN: 0,45 – 0,90 µm Blue: 0,45 – 0,52 µm Green: 0,52 – 0,69 µm Red: 0,63 – 0,90 µm Near-IR: 0,76 – 0,90 µm |
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Dynamic range, bits per pixel |
8 |
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Sensor resolution (at nadir), m |
PAN: 2 MS: 8 |
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Swath width, km |
24 |
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Image transmission, Mbit/s |
120 |
Applications:
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land use, land cadastre, development of GIS;
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disaster management;
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agriculture and forestry, assessment of areas and crop yields;
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environmental monitoring, detection of areas of pollution, illegal building and deforestation.
For cost calculation of the Formosat-2 imagery for your area of interest, send technical description of your proposal to: innoter@innoter.com. For consultations contact by the phone: +7 495 245-04-24