by SpaceX USA

FORMOSAT-8B

Planned February 2027

SpaceX rideshare flight to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-19, carrying FORMOSAT-8B, the second satellite in the Taiwan Space Agency's FORMOSAT-8 Earth-imaging constellation.

FORMOSAT-8B also hosts the Gamma-ray Transients Monitor, Taiwan's first space astronomy telescope. Its two detector modules sit on opposite sides of the satellite and together watch the whole sky for gamma-ray bursts.

launching from SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 B5 into SSO

Payload

FORMOSAT-8B / GTM

Earth observation /Gamma-ray astronomy

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