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Formosat 5
Falcon 9 Full ThrustSpaceXSpace Launch Complex 4E
Thursday, August 24, 2017 · 06:51 PM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Profile →Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...
Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
Launches801
Successes664
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...
Mission Brief
Formosat 5 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO). Weighing about 475 kg, it will reside in a sun-synchronous orbit at 720-km altitude.
PayloadFormosat 5
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, N/A
Mission Timeline
20 / 20100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.632°N, 120.611°W
Weather
- Condition
- No formal weather concerns published
- Temperature
- N/A
- Wind
- N/A
- GO Probability
- 90%
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
