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FORMOSAT-5

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FORMOSAT-5 is a Taiwanese sun-synchronous LEO Earth-observation mission launched on 2017-08-24 by Falcon 9 and operating in an extended mission at about 720 km altitude ^[1]^[2]. It carries the FORMOSAT-5 RSI payload for land imaging, with a 24 km swath, approximately two-day revisit, and tasking support ^[3]. Operational fit includes high-resolution optical collection for Taiwan and global land imaging, disaster-damage assessment, and land-cover-change monitoring ^[3].

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current status	extended
operator	Taiwan Space Agency
platform	formosat-5-bus
launch vehicle	spacex-falcon-9
Launched	2017-08-24
orbit type	Sun-synchronous LEO, about 720 km
swath km	24
revisit days	2
tasking supported	true
current geographic priority	Taiwan and global land imaging tasking
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

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Compositional position

this ——— FORMOSAT-5 spacecraft bus bus

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

Sources

[1]NSPO FORMOSAT-5 satelliteagency doc2026-06-21
[2]NSPO FORMOSAT-5 payloadsagency doc2026-06-21
[3]SpaceX FORMOSAT-5 mission press kitoperator engineering2026-06-21

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