FORMOSAT-3

NORAD 29047 · COSPAR 2006-011A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #81455 @ 758 x 833 km x 71.9762 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-12 02:37 UTC Â· 43310.9 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

FORMOSAT-3 FM6
1 29047U 06011A 21316.10909538 .00000110 00000-0 59360-4 0 9997
2 29047 71.9762 143.5363 0052083 258.1334 101.3959 14.28859134814551

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

April 15th 2006

Spacecraft age

20 years, 6 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Polar

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Minotaur-1

Contractor

Orbital Sciences Corp.

Launch mass

70 kg

Power

46.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

71.9762Â°

Period

100.78 min

Perigee

758 km

Apogee

833 km

Eccentricity

0.0052083

RAAN

143.5363Â°

Arg of Perigee

258.1334Â°

Mean Motion

14.28859134 rev/d