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FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, 58017

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, 58017 is a payload satellite owned by TASA (TW) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 09 Oct 2023 UTC via a VEGA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

58017, 2023-155B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Taiwan Space Agency (TW / TWN)

Manufacturer

TASA

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging/Sci

Bus & Motor

TRITON, Unknown motor

Mass

241 kg wet, 241 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-10-09 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.397 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON
1 58017U 23155B   25123.44768551  .00003696  00000-0  39591-3 0  9994
2 58017  97.8645 202.4750 0001732  56.4542 303.6840 14.89286591 85203

Epoch: 2025-05-03T10:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T10:44:40.028Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

179.71841°

Altitude

602.528 km

Speed

7.559 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 29m 54s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-30.69319°

Longitude

-4.65305°

Altitude

612.819 km

Speed

7.551 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 43m 42s

Apparent Declination

-78° 47' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:55:22

Azimuth

189.794° SSW

Elevation

-31.97°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

598.398 km

Perigee altitude

595.982 km

Semi-major axis

6,975.327 km

Eccentricity

0.0001732

Inclination

97.8645°

RAAN

202.475°

Arg. of periapsis

56.4542°

True anomaly

303.66748°

Mean anomaly

303.684°

Eccentric anomaly

303.67574°

Mean motion

3.7256 °/min

BSTAR

0.00039591

Orbital period

96.63 mins

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FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
5 mins	2025-05-04 04:38:16.023Z	118.064° SE	2025-05-04 04:40:16.023Z	70.736° E	28.544°	2025-05-04 04:43:16.023Z	12.484° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-04 06:14:16.023Z	234.994° WSW	2025-05-04 06:16:16.023Z	270.667° WNW	18.053°	2025-05-04 06:18:16.023Z	303.576° NW
6 mins	2025-05-04 17:58:16.023Z	23.83° NE	2025-05-04 18:00:16.023Z	76.284° E	42.585°	2025-05-04 18:04:16.023Z	184.601° SSW

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