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Title: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 03/17/2009 11:27 pm
FORMOSAT-5
 Launch planned in 2011
 Taiwan-Canada-Japan collaboration
 Magnetic field and electron/ion measurements
 Auroral Electron Sensor (AES) based on Reimei expertise

http://www.pssc.ncku.edu.tw/FISFES/Presentation/FISFES_2008-11(Hirahara).pdf

Weight of the satellite is no more than 525 Kg.

http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008c/download/othernews/NSPO-RFP-0508_0000.pdf

More info:
http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008e/projects/project5/intro.htm
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: osiossim on 03/18/2009 09:12 am
Does that mean that the satellite will be launched by H-2A?
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: Skyrocket on 03/20/2009 09:16 am
Does that mean that the satellite will be launched by H-2A?

Not necessarily
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: telomerase99 on 06/15/2010 02:33 am
Formosat-5 is going to be launched by SpaceX, not Japan.
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: SpacexULA on 06/15/2010 02:40 am
SpaceX Falcon Ie - Formosat-5 - December, 2013
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21984.0

Already a thread for this, no new information in this thread yet.
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 08/22/2010 09:13 am
Formosat-5 was called ARGO before. So both missions are the same.
http://www.spacetech-i.com/ARGO.html
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 03/03/2011 09:05 pm
FORMOSAT-5 has been delayed to 2014.

http://crab0.astr.nthu.edu.tw/CMOS-workshop-2011/0105/0105_1420-1510_JLing_Applications-of-CMOS-Sensors-on-FORMOSAT5-RSI.pdf
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: Danderman on 03/03/2011 11:43 pm
Note that the launch segment in this presentation is "TBD".
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 01/15/2013 03:31 pm
As a science payload Formosat-5 will carry a Advanced Ionospheric Probe (AIP).

http://www.nanosat.jp/4th/pdf/Day2_3_S-1_08_Chi-Kuang_Chao/S-1_08_Chi-Kuang_Chao.pdf
http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008e/projects/project5/research.htm
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 02/08/2015 06:12 pm
Concerning the AIP payload:

http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008e/news/news_content.php?id=000551&hid=eBWIYp5hSc
Title: Re: FORMOSAT-5
Post by: tul on 09/12/2016 02:01 pm
Formosat-2 got decommissioned. So NSPO needs Formosat-5 in orbit soon.

http://www.nspo.narl.org.tw/en2016/info/news.shtml?id=000582&hid=4IjZWLrtVM
Title: Re: Formosat-5
Post by: gongora on 09/12/2016 02:22 pm
There is a launch mission thread for FORMOSAT-5 here:

SpaceX Falcon 9 - Formosat-5 - SLC-4E Vandenberg - NET Oct, 2016 - DISCUSSION (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21984.0)

It is a more current thread for discussing the mission.