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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.) => Topic started by: tul on 03/17/2009 11:27 pm
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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
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Does that mean that the satellite will be launched by H-2A?
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Does that mean that the satellite will be launched by H-2A?
Not necessarily
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Formosat-5 is going to be launched by SpaceX, not Japan.
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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.
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Formosat-5 was called ARGO before. So both missions are the same.
http://www.spacetech-i.com/ARGO.html
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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
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Note that the launch segment in this presentation is "TBD".
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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
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Concerning the AIP payload:
http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008e/news/news_content.php?id=000551&hid=eBWIYp5hSc
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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
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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.