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FORMOSAT-2
FORMOSAT-2
Formerly known as ROCSAT-2
Launched in:
2004
Out of service since:
2016
Orbit height:
891 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NSPO - Taiwan
Decommissioned 22 Aug 2016
FORMOSAT-2 websites
Information
NSPO - Formosat-2 payloads
NSPO - Formosat-2 program
Data ordering
NSO - Satellietdataportaal
NSPO - FORMOSAT 2 and FORMOSAT 5 data
On Board Sensors
ISUAL (Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning)
Information
NCKU - ISUAL
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band
RSI Formosat-2 (Remote Sensing Instrument)
Information
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.45 to 0.52
8
24
Band 2 (VIS)
0.52 to 0.6
8
24
Band 3 (VIS)
0.63 to 0.69
8
24
Band 4 (NIR)
0.76 to 0.9
8
24
Band Pan (Other)
0.45 to 0.9
2
24
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