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FORMOSAT-8
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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].
All fields
| current status | operational |
| operator | Taiwan Space Agency |
| platform | formosat-8-bus |
| launch vehicle | spacex-transporter |
| Launched | 2025-11-28 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous LEO, about 560 km for first deployed satellite |
| swath km | 10 |
| revisit days | 1 |
| tasking supported | true |
| current geographic priority | Taiwan high-resolution optical monitoring and global tasking as constellation deploys |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
Compositional position
- [1]TASA FORMOSAT-8 mission pageagency doc2026-06-21
- [2]TASA FORMOSAT-8 news pageagency doc2026-06-21
- [3]SpaceX Transporter-15 mission pageoperator press2026-06-21
- [4]Focus Taiwan FORMOSAT-8 launch reportthird party2026-06-21