Key statistics
Satellite TAURUS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
7719
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: 99.189 minutes
Inclination: 99.0936 deg
SMA: 7097.994 km
Apoapsis: 728.992 km
Periapsis: 710.726 km
RAAN: 259.7546 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012867
Argument of periapsis: 252.3732 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.6056 deg
Mean motion: 14.51775153 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000158 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000052177 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TAURUS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 28255U 04018B 25188.81416385 .00000158 00000-0 52177-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 28255 99.0936 259.7546 0012867 252.3732 107.6056 14.51775153118246
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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