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Falcon 9 FormoSat-5

Formosat-5 is an Earth observation satellite of the Taiwanese space agency. The SHERPA space tug by Spaceflight Industries was removed from the cargo manifest of this mission. The satellite has a mass of only 475 kg.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Thursday 24th August 2017 at 18:50 UTC

Launch Pad

VAFB SLC 4E

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1038.1

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

Yes

Landing Success

Yes

Landing Site

Just Read The Instructions

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
FormoSat-5

NSPO (Taiwan)

NSPO

475
1047
SSO

Launch Photos

All of these images are from the SpaceX Flickr page and all of them belong to SpaceX

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