Formosat-2

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| name = Formosat-2

| names_list = ROCSAT-2

| image = Model of FORMOSAT-2 in NSPO, Taiwan.JPG

| image_caption = The model of Formosat-2

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| mission_type = Earth observation

| operator = NSPO

| COSPAR_ID = 2004-018A

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| mission_duration = 12 years

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| launch_date = 19 May 2004 17:47 UTC

| launch_rocket = Taurus XL

| launch_site = Vandenberg Air Force Base

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| deactivated = 19 August 2016

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| previous_mission = Formosat-1

| next_mission = FORMOSAT-5

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Formosat-2 ({{zh|福爾摩沙衛星二號}}, formerly known as ROCSAT-2) is a decommissioned Earth observation satellite formerly operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. It was a high-resolution photographic surveillance satellite with a daily revisit capability.

{{cite web | url = http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2 | title = Formosat-2 images | publisher = Spot Image | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806144826/http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2 | archive-date = 2012-08-06 }}

Images are commercially available from Astrium (formerly Spot Image).

Launch

Formosat-2 was launched on 19 May 2004, 17:47 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Taurus XL rocket.{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2004-018A |title=Rocsat 2 - NSSDC ID: 2004-018A |publisher=NASA}} It had been delivered to the United States in December 2003, and had a scheduled launch date on 17 January 2004.{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=Taiwan's new satellite on its way|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/12/02/2003078029|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=2 December 2003}} The launch was continually delayed until May 2004.{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=Postponing ROCSAT-2 launch not an election issue: NSC|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/02/26/2003100175|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=26 February 2004}}{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=ROCSAT-2 gets off the ground|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/22/2003156480|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=22 May 2004}} Formosat-2 was decommissioned in August 2016.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Wei-han|title=Aged Formosat-2 decommissioned|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/22/2003653607|access-date=22 August 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=22 August 2016}}

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See also

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References

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