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Mission
Earth Science · MEO
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMOSAT-2 (ROCSAT 2) 2004-018A | Payload | 888 × 891 km · 98.9° | Globe |
| TAURUS R/B 2004-018B | Rocket body | 710 × 728 km · 99.1° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2004-018 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).