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FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON)
Taiwanese Ocean Wind Monitoring Satellite · Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)
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FORMOSAT-7R (Triton), a Taiwanese satellite specifically built to monitor ocean surface wind speed using GNSS reflectometry — reading how GPS and other navigation signals bounce off the ocean surface to measure wave height and wind conditions, data particularly valuable for tracking typhoons approaching Taiwan before they make landfall.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 371–372 mi (597–599 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.5 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58017
- Int’l designator
- 2023-155B
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 3 Nov 2026.
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