1999 · Lockheed Martin
Formosat-1
successAthena I | Formosat-1
The mission objective of ROCSAT-1 (Republic of China Satellite 1) is to develop, launch, and operate a low earth orbit satellite, and to conduct three scientific and technology experiments in the areas of ocean color imaging, space telecommunication, and solar-terrestrial physics.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 27, 1999 at 12:34 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 46
- Mission
- Formosat-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit