Payload
FORMOSAT-3 FM3
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
FORMOSAT-3 FM3 is a National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO payload satellite, launched on April 15, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 15, 2006 at 01:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Minotaur I →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Mission
- COSMIC 1-6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 702 km
- Periapsis
- 639 km
- Inclination
- 72.01°
- Orbital period
- 98.16 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 62 kg
- Power
- 46 W
- Design lifetime
- 2 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-011D
- NORAD catalog №
- 29050
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Taiwan- Radar cross-section
- 0.5768 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational