FORTE (Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events) is a United States Air Force satellite, built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, to study natural and artificial radio emissions from the ionosphere – information needed to develop technology for monitoring nuclear test ban treaties.

 

launch date	Aug 29, 1997
launch vehicle	Pegasus XL
launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base
orbit	799 × 833 km × 70.0°