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Formosat-2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 20 May 2004, 05:47 pm UTC
Rocket: Minotaur-C 3210 (Minotaur)
Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.