FORMOSAT-3

NORAD 29048 · COSPAR 2006-011B · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #81693 @ 763 x 828 km x 71.968 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-11 17:17 UTC Â· 43086 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 FM1
1 29048U 06011B 21315.72050663 .00000126 00000-0 66003-4 0 9990
2 29048 71.9680 54.6408 0044929 219.6652 140.1196 14.28820461816937

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

April 15th 2006

Spacecraft age

20 years, 5 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

71.968Â°

Period

100.78 min

Perigee

763 km

Apogee

828 km

Eccentricity

0.0044929

RAAN

54.6408Â°

Arg of Perigee

219.6652Â°

Mean Motion

14.28820461 rev/d