Formosat-2

<h2 id="launch">Launch</h2>
<p>Formosat-2 was launched on 19 May 2004, 17:47 UTC from <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a> aboard a <a href="/facts/Taurus_XL/XQDB2hca">Taurus XL</a> rocket.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> It had been delivered to the United States in December 2003, and had a scheduled launch date on 17 January 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The launch was continually delayed until May 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Formosat-2 was decommissioned in August 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/National_Space_Organization/o8QswQdV">National Space Organization</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/2004_in_spaceflight/qjQvNcJn">2004 in spaceflight</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FORMOSAT-2.

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Formosat-2 images". Spot Image. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120806144826/http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120806144826/http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Rocsat 2 - NSSDC ID: 2004-018A". NASA. <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2004-018A" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2004-018A</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Chiu, Yu-Tzu (2 December 2003). "Taiwan's new satellite on its way". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016. <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/12/02/2003078029" target="_blank">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/12/02/2003078029</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Chiu, Yu-Tzu (26 February 2004). "Postponing ROCSAT-2 launch not an election issue: NSC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016. <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/02/26/2003100175" target="_blank">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/02/26/2003100175</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Chiu, Yu-Tzu (22 May 2004). "ROCSAT-2 gets off the ground". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016. <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/22/2003156480" target="_blank">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/22/2003156480</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Chen, Wei-han (22 August 2016). "Aged Formosat-2 decommissioned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 August 2016. <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/22/2003653607" target="_blank">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/22/2003653607</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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