FORMOSAT-3

NORAD 29052 · COSPAR 2006-011F · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #81375 @ 766 x 824 km x 72.0346 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-11-12 03:11 UTC Â· 43080 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 FM2
1 29052U 06011F 21316.13321939 .00000092 00000-0 51963-4 0 9999
2 29052 72.0346 205.1606 0040842 199.3244 160.6347 14.29043604813756

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

72.0346Â°

Period

100.77 min

Perigee

766 km

Apogee

824 km

Eccentricity

0.0040842

RAAN

205.1606Â°

Arg of Perigee

199.3244Â°

Mean Motion

14.29043604 rev/d