FORMOSAT-3

NORAD 29050 · COSPAR 2006-011D · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #83120 @ 662 x 730 km x 72.0152 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-12 03:03 UTC Â· 43366.2 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 FM3
1 29050U 06011D 21316.12732234 .00000271 00000-0 66832-4 0 9990
2 29050 72.0152 321.9875 0047539 114.0155 246.5984 14.59160593831200

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

72.0152Â°

Period

98.69 min

Perigee

662 km

Apogee

730 km

Eccentricity

0.0047539

RAAN

321.9875Â°

Arg of Perigee

114.0155Â°

Mean Motion

14.59160593 rev/d