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FORMOSAT-8A
NORAD
66666
· COSPAR
2025-276A
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Orbit:
#5263 @ 558 x 570 km x 97.6525 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-14 16:17 UTC
·
22.9 h old
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
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FORMOSAT-8A
1 66666U 25276A 26318.67861449 .00001740 00000-0 14134-3 0 09995
2 66666 97.6525 30.6493 0008348 93.2676 266.9504 15.00889273052638
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.6525°
Period
95.94
min
Perigee
558
km
Apogee
570
km
Eccentricity
0.0008348
RAAN
30.6493°
Arg of Perigee
93.2676°
Mean Motion
15.00889273
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