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SpaceXFalcon 9 Full ThrustSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Formosat 5
Launched
August 24, 2017
Summary
Formosat 5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 24, 2017. It was SpaceX's 46th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 5,668th orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight and the 11th this year. Booster B1038 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 716 × 737 km orbit inclined 98.3°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- Formosat-5 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1038 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 20th Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight · 11th this yearSpaceX's 46th launch12th this yearhumanity's 5,668th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
FORMOSAT 5 · NORAD 42920 · 2017-049 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2017-049A
- Epoch
- 2017-08-24 20:23:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.51916431 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014191
- Inclination
- 98.2937°
- Ascending node
- 311.2602°
- Arg. of perigee
- 237.5728°
- Mean anomaly
- 219.1193°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- FORMOSAT 5 · NORAD 42920 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
73rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 3rd this year · 669th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
59 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Formosat 5 launch?
Formosat 5 launched on August 24, 2017. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Formosat 5?
Coverage: Formosat-5 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Formosat 5?
Falcon 9 Full Thrust, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Full Thrust spec sheet
Where did Formosat 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1038 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Formosat 5 reach?
It reached a 716 × 737 km orbit inclined 98.3°.
How many satellites did Formosat 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).