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Mission
Earth Science · LEO
In early 2001, the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, selected Orbital for a $56 million contract for the ROCSAT-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) program. ROCSAT was renamed FORMOSAT in…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMOSAT-3 FM6 2006-011A | Payload | 752 × 821 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM1 2006-011B | Payload | 756 × 818 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM5 2006-011C | Payload | 762 × 811 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM3 2006-011D | Payload | 641 × 699 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM4 2006-011E | Payload | 738 × 835 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM2 2006-011F | Payload | 757 × 815 km · 72.0° | Globe |
| MINOTAUR R/B 2006-011G | Rocket body | re-entered 2018-02-03 | |
| FORMOSAT-3 FM2 DEB 2006-011H | Debris | re-entered 2024-04-12 |
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| FORMOSAT-3 FM2 DEB 2006-011J | Debris | re-entered 2024-03-10 |
COSPAR ID 2006-011 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).