# FORMOSAT-8
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: tasa
- **platform**: formosat-8-bus
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-transporter
- **actual launch**: 2025-11-28
- **current status**: operational
- **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
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: tasa
- **attributes**: {"operator":"tasa","platform":"formosat-8-bus","launch_vehicle":"spacex-transporter","actual_launch":"2025-11-28","current_status":"operational","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"}

## Editorial
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 [^tasa-f8-mission][^spacex-transporter-15]. 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 [^tasa-f8-mission][^tasa-f8-news]. 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 [^tasa-f8-mission].

## Compositional position
- FORMOSAT-8 --[mission_payloads]--> formosat-8-optical-imager (products)
- FORMOSAT-8 --[mission_buses]--> formosat-8-bus (products)
- FORMOSAT-8 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- FORMOSAT-8 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- FORMOSAT-8 --[related]--> arianespace-vega-c (launch_services)

## Sources
- [tasa-f8-mission] | TASA FORMOSAT-8 mission page | https://www.tasa.org.tw/en-US/missions/detail/FORMOSAT-8 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [tasa-f8-news] | TASA FORMOSAT-8 news page | https://www.tasa.org.tw/en-US/news/detail/FORMOSAT-8 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [spacex-transporter-15] | SpaceX Transporter-15 mission page | https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter-15 | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-21
- [focus-taiwan-f8-launch] | Focus Taiwan FORMOSAT-8 launch report | https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202511280012 | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-21

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