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Long March 6C
ProviderChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
PadLaunch Complex 9A
DateAug 25, 2026
PrecisionAbout 03:20 AM UTC
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COSMIC 1-6
Minotaur IOrbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 8
Saturday, April 15, 2006 · 01:40 AM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
In early 2001, the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, selected Orbital for a $56 million contract for the ROCSAT-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) program. ROCSAT was renamed FORMOSAT in December 2004. The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC program is an international collaboration between Taiwan and the United States that will use a constellation of six remote sensing microsatellites to collect atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate and gravity research. Data from the satellites will be made freely available to the international scientific community in near real-time.
PayloadCOSMIC 1-6
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerOrbital Sciences Corporation
Stages4
PadSpace Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 34.576°N
- Longitude
- 120.632°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
01:40 AM UTC - 01:40 AM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
