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FORMOSAT-5

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 operations
operator	Taiwan Space Agency
platform	FORMOSAT-5 spacecraft 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	Yes
current geographic priority	Taiwan and global land imaging tasking

Supply chain position

built on platform FORMOSAT-5 spacecraft bus

operated by Taiwan Space Agency

launched on Spacex Falcon 9

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Land cover change

Sources

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

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:formosat-5,
  title = {FORMOSAT-5},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/formosat-5}
}