FORMOSAT-3

NORAD 29051 · COSPAR 2006-011E · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #81542 @ 748 x 843 km x 72.0026 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-12 04:07 UTC Â· 43458.4 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 FM4
1 29051U 06011E 21316.17173037 .00000133 00000-0 67160-4 0 9998
2 29051 72.0026 129.3472 0066631 118.8593 241.9252 14.28934631815427

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

72.0026Â°

Period

100.77 min

Perigee

748 km

Apogee

843 km

Eccentricity

0.0066631

RAAN

129.3472Â°

Arg of Perigee

118.8593Â°

Mean Motion

14.28934631 rev/d