UCS-Satellite-Database
Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
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355 | COSMIC-A (Formosat-3A, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) | COSMIC-A | NR | Taiwan/USA | National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Polar | 0 | 764 | 836 | 5.02E-03 | 72 | 100.9 | 70 | 46.00 | 2006/4/15 | 2 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur-1 | 2006-011A | 29047 | “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html | |
356 | COSMIC-B (Formosat-3B, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) | COSMIC-B | NR | Taiwan/USA | National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Polar | 0 | 769 | 831 | 4.32E-03 | 72 | 100.9 | 70 | 46.00 | 2006/4/15 | 2 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur-1 | 2006-011B | 29048 | “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html | |
357 | COSMIC-D (Formosat-3D, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) | COSMIC-D | NR | Taiwan/USA | National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Polar | 0 | 669 | 746 | 5.44E-03 | 72 | 98.9 | 70 | 46.00 | 2006/4/15 | 2 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur-1 | 2006-011D | 29050 | “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html | |
358 | COSMIC-E (Formosat-3E, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) | COSMIC-E | NR | Taiwan/USA | National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Polar | 0 | 751 | 849 | 6.83E-03 | 72 | 100.9 | 70 | 46.00 | 2006/4/15 | 2 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur-1 | 2006-011E | 29051 | “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html | |
359 | COSMIC-F (Formosat-3F, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) | COSMIC-F | NR | Taiwan/USA | National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO | Government/Civil | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Polar | 0 | 772 | 828 | 3.91E-03 | 72 | 100.9 | 70 | 46.00 | 2006/4/15 | 2 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Minotaur-1 | 2006-011F | 29052 | “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html |
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