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Part 2: Space Dump - ROCSAT-2 (R2FO)

Part 2: Space Dump - ROCSAT-2 (R2FO)

1998 ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON/SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT

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ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 was later renamed Formosat-2

This is part of a regular series of data dumps of documents from Taiwan’s space program.  These will include the National Space Program Office (NSPO), Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC), Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), and National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs).

These documents are NOT available on the Internet, but all are offered in a book with an index for easy research. There is also a comparable book on Chinese space programs.

Either way, old and new, these documents will provide the researcher with rare data.  It is unclear if some of the documents are classified, as the documents are not marked with a government warning, but some of the documents were redacted before I obtained them. 

The below document is a DRAFT with annotations referring to deleted material. This document should be considered referential and not the final product.

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10 August 2022

1998 ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO)

SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT)

Edited by Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike)

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (1/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (2/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT(DRAFT), 1998 (3/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (4/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (5/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (6/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (7/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT, (DRAFT), 1998 (8/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (9/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (10/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (11/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (12/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (13/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (14/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (15/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (16/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (17/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (18/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (19/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (20/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (21/46).

ABOVE: ROCSAT-2 FOLLOW-ON (R2FO) SPACECRAFT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (DRAFT), 1998 (22/46).

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