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.
PLANNED
February 2027
planned, exact time pending
Upcoming
launching from SLC-4E Vandenberg
aboard Falcon 9 B5 into SSO
Payload
FORMOSAT-8B / GTM
Earth observation /Gamma-ray astronomy

