# TRITON microsatellite bus
*bus . products*

Mission-specific TRITON / FORMOSAT-7R microsatellite bus surfaced during TRITON mission research.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: tasa
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"about 250 kg class microsatellite; public sources do not name a commercial platform","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","manufacturer":"tasa","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","description":"Mission-specific TRITON / FORMOSAT-7R microsatellite bus surfaced during TRITON mission research.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"about 250 kg class microsatellite; public sources do not name a commercial platform\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
TRITON microsatellite bus is the mission-specific bus for TRITON / FORMOSAT-7R. The spacecraft carries GNSS-reflectometry products for sea-surface wind and heavy-rainfall forecasting context, and its data products are in operational release.[^tasa-triton-data] The bus is mini-class by an about 250 kg launch mass.[^wiki-triton] TRITON is designed and manufactured by Taiwan Space Agency / NSPO with domestic industrial integration; the bus is represented as a mission-specific microsatellite bus rather than as a separately named commercial platform.[^tasa-triton-data][^wiki-triton]

## Compositional position
- triton (missions) --[mission_buses]--> TRITON microsatellite bus

## Sources
- [tasa-triton-data] | Triton's Data Released, Improving Heavy Rainfall Forecast Accuracy with Sea Surf, TASA | https://www.tasa.org.tw/en-US/announcements/detail/79085078-7a00-4bf9-96cc-b6f34658d590 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26 | author=Taiwan Space Agency
- [wiki-triton] | TRITON mission summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRITON | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26
  Lower-tier cross-check for launch mass, dimensions, and manufacturer context.

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