Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will launch the Formosat-5 satellite for China’s National Space Organisation (NSPO) in December 2013 from its launch site on Omelek Island at the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) in the Central Pacific.
Formosat-5 will continue to build up the image data service for civilian users provided by the Formosat series of earth observation satellites.
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It can also carry instruments for research and scientific experiments.
NSPO is developing the satellite to build China’s capabilities for independently developed spacecraft and payload instruments.
