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Athena I | Formosat-1

Formosat-1

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Launch Details

Date: 27 Jan 1999, 12:34 am UTC

Rocket: Athena I (Athena)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The mission objective of ROCSAT-1 (Republic of China Satellite 1) is to develop, launch, and operate a low earth orbit satellite, and to conduct three scientific and technology experiments in the areas of ocean color imaging, space telecommunication, and solar-terrestrial physics.