Formosat-2 satellite

Formosat-2 satellite (former Roscat-2) was launched on the 21th of May, 2004 by the National Space Organization of Taiwan. The satellite was manufactured by the French department of Astrium and was designed for remote sensing of the earth’s surface, as well as studying the ocean and atmosphere. Formosat-2 was decommissioned in August 2016. All archive imagery is available for order.

Formosat-2 satellite images

Sample image from the Formosat-2 satellite ©Airbus Defense and Space

Spacecraft design and mission details

Formsat-2 is an NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan Earth imaging satellite with the objective to collect high-resolution panchromatic (2 m) and multispectral (8 m) imagery. The survey was performed with an RSI optical-electronic camera with a focal length of 2.9 m with a swath width of 24 km. The optical axis of the telescope could deviate by an angle of ± 45° along and across the orbital plane, which made it possible to obtain single-turn and inter-turn stereo pairs. The RSI camera on one turn could shoot one route 3000 km × 24 km, two stereo pairs 100 km × 24 km, four routes 100 km × 24 km or eight frames 24 km × 24 km.

Specifications

Application

land use, land cadastre, development of GIS;
disaster management;
agriculture and forestry, assessment of areas and crop yields;
environmental monitoring, detection of areas of pollution, illegal building and deforestation.

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