Introduction to the Special Issue on ＂Earth Observation FORMOSAT-5

The National SPace Organization (NSPO) was founded in 1991 to pursue self-reliant space technology to nurture the domestic space industry and promote space science research in Taiwan. As an extension of the widely-accepted FORMOSAT-2 remote sensing satellite, NSPO is self-reliantly developing FORMOS...

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Published in:TAO : Terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic sciences atmospheric, and oceanic sciences, 2017-04, Vol.28 (2), p.i-ii
Main Authors: Chang, Ho-Pen, Chang, Guey-Shin, Liu, Jann-Yenq
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CMOS
Earth
Earth science
Electrodynamics
Inclination
Ionospheric plasma
Magnetic field
Magnetic fields
Metal oxides
Metals
Organizations
Remote sensing
Satellite observation
Satellites
Sensors
Space science
Space technology
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Summary:The National SPace Organization (NSPO) was founded in 1991 to pursue self-reliant space technology to nurture the domestic space industry and promote space science research in Taiwan. As an extension of the widely-accepted FORMOSAT-2 remote sensing satellite, NSPO is self-reliantly developing FORMOSAT-5 to continue its international earth observation image and space science research services. FORMOSAT-5 will offer state-of-the-art ionospheric space science data for geoscience research. It will also provide two-meter panchromatic and four-meter multi-spectrum images at various processing levels. Using the heritage and lessons-learned from the FORMOSAT-1/Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument (IPEI), FORMOSAT-5/Advanced Ionospheric Probe (AIP) becomes an all-in-one plasma sensor with a sampling rate up to 8192 Hz to measure ionospheric plasma concentrations, velocities, temperatures, and ambient magnetic fields over a wide range of spatial scales. FORMOSAT-5’s global coverage capability, smart agility feature and pioneer use of a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor for commercial optical earth observation satellites (Chang et al. 2012a) will bring even broader research applications to the geoscience community. The 500-kg FORMOSAT-5 satellite, as shown in Fig. 1, will soon be launched into a two-day revisit Sun-synchronous orbit at 720 km altitude and 98.28° inclination.
ISSN:1017-0839
2311-7680
DOI:10.3319/TAO.2017.02.07.01(EOF5)