Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 20 May 2004 17:47:03 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4657 ever
Mission
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.