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  • Weight: Approximately 760 Kilograms (including payload and fuel)
  • Shape: Hexagonal cylinder with height of 2.4 meters and diameters of 1.6 meters (solar panels folded)
  • Orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit at 891 kilometers. Passes over Taiwan twice daily
  • Payload: remote sensing payload, ISUAL
  • Ground Resolution (near-vertical observation): PAN (black/white) 2 meters, MS (color) 8 meters
  • Image width (near vertical observation): 24 kilometers
  • Satellite moving range: front/back 45 ° ; side 45 °
  • Image duty cycle: 8 min/orbit
  • Design life: 5 years
  • Launch date: May 21, 2004 (Taiwan time)


 
 
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