Key statistics
Satellite TAURUS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
7779
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TAURUS R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TAURUS R/B
International designator: 2004-018B
Object number (NORAD): 28255
Object ID (CCSDS): 28255
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.186 minutes
Inclination: 99.0885 deg
SMA: 7097.856 km
Apoapsis: 730.226 km
Periapsis: 709.216 km
RAAN: 324.6736 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00148003
Argument of periapsis: 75.3486 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.9346 deg
Mean motion: 14.518174 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000523 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014269297 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 8:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TAURUS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 28255U 04018B 25248.84341717 .00000523 00000-0 14269-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 28255 99.0885 324.6736 0014800 75.3486 284.9346 14.51817400126927
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TAURUS R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object TAURUS R/B.
Associated space launch
ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.
TAURUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2’, on board a Minotaur-C 3210 space rocket.
The launch took place on May 20, 2004, 5:47 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 576E.
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Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 20, 2004, 5:47 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Minotaur-C 3210
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 576E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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