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Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2 launched on Thu, May 20, 2004, 05:47 PM UTC — a Orbital Sciences Corporation mission.
NET Thu, May 20, 2004, 05:47 PM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Minotaur-C 3210 to Medium Earth Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Minotaur-C 3210 ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2 is scheduled to lift off Thu, May 20, 2004, 05:47 PM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2 is an Orbital Sciences Corporation mission flying on a Minotaur-C 3210.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.