# FORMOSAT-8 spacecraft bus
*bus . products*

FORMOSAT-8 satellite platform developed by Taiwan Space Agency and domestic partners.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: tasa
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"small optical remote-sensing satellite bus","platform_class":"mini"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: tasa
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"tasa","description":"FORMOSAT-8 satellite platform developed by Taiwan Space Agency and domestic partners.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"small optical remote-sensing satellite bus\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}

## Editorial
FORMOSAT-8 spacecraft bus is the Taiwan Space Agency platform for the planned FORMOSAT-8 Earth-observation constellation [^tasa-f8-mission][^wikipedia-formosat-8]. The constellation is planned as eight high-resolution EO satellites, with six optical imaging satellites and two satellites carrying other payload types [^tasa-f8-mission][^wikipedia-formosat-8]. The platform is described as a small optical remote-sensing satellite bus, with a cuboid, three-axis-stabilised body and deployable solar arrays [^wikipedia-formosat-8]. Published mission summaries place each satellite at about 400 kg, which fits the mini-class mass bracket [^wikipedia-formosat-8].

## Compositional position
- formosat-8 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> FORMOSAT-8 spacecraft bus

## Sources
- [tasa-f8-mission] | TASA FORMOSAT-8 mission page | https://www.tasa.org.tw/en-US/missions/detail/FORMOSAT-8 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26
- [wikipedia-formosat-8] | FORMOSAT-8 mission overview | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosat-8 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26

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