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FORMOSAT-8

FORMOSAT-8 is Taiwan's follow-on high-resolution optical mission, with the first deployed satellite launched on 2025-11-28 through SpaceX Transporter-15 into a roughly 560 km sun-synchronous LEO ^[1]^[2]. The mission carries the FORMOSAT-8 optical imager on the FORMOSAT-8 bus, supports tasking, and is recorded with a 10 km swath and one-day revisit as constellation deployment proceeds ^[1]^[3]. It is aimed at Taiwan high-resolution optical monitoring with global tasking as the constellation builds out, including land-cover-change and disaster-damage workflows ^[1].

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current status	Operational
operator	Taiwan Space Agency
platform	FORMOSAT-8 spacecraft bus
launch vehicle	SpaceX Transporter Smallsat Rideshare Programme
Launched	2025-11-28
orbit type	Sun-synchronous LEO, about 560 km for first deployed satellite
swath km	10
revisit days	1
tasking supported	Yes
current geographic priority	Taiwan high-resolution optical monitoring and global tasking as constellation deploys

Supply chain position

built on platform FORMOSAT-8 spacecraft bus

operated by Taiwan Space Agency

launched on SpaceX Transporter Smallsat Rideshare Programme

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Land cover change

related to Arianespace Vega C

Sources

[1]TASA FORMOSAT-8 mission pageagency doc2026-06-21
[2]SpaceX Transporter-15 mission pageoperator press2026-06-21
[3]TASA FORMOSAT-8 news pageagency doc2026-06-21
[4]Focus Taiwan FORMOSAT-8 launch reportthird party2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:formosat-8,
  title = {FORMOSAT-8},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/formosat-8}
}