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Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Formosat 5
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Aug 24, 2017, 6:51 PM UTC
Aug 24, 2017, 6:51 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
B1038
Flight #1 · NEW
First flight of this booster
- Total Flights
- 2
- Recovery Rate
- 1/1 successful landings
- This Landing
- Landing successful· Drone Ship (ASDS)
- Recovery Site
- Just Read the Instructions (JRTI)
Landing Record
1 successful · 0 failed · 1 total
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA