Status
Success
COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)
Launch Time
Sat Apr 15, 2006 01:40 UTC
Sat Apr 15, 2006 01:40 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) is a program designed to provide advances in meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology, and space weather by using GPS satellites in conjunction with low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites.
Payloads: 6
Total Mass: 70.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2006
12th orbital launch attempt
Minotaur I
5th mission
1st mission of 2006
5th successful mission