Taiwan Communications Satellite Launches on SpaceX Mission

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A Taiwan Space Agency satellite, Parus-T1A, has launched into orbit from California aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Taiwan-made communications satellite is among 131 payloads on the ride share mission.

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00:00A Taiwan-made communications satellite has been launched into space from California aboard

00:06a SpaceX rocket.

00:07The satellite, called Paris T1A, was made by Taiwan's space agency.

00:12It's expected to operate in low-Earth orbit for one year.

00:16The goal is to verify the satellite's design, which can then better inform future missions

00:20by Taiwan.

00:22This is Paris T1A's second attempt to reach space.

00:24The first was on a Japanese rocket, the Kairos, last month, and that mission was aborted just

00:29minutes after liftoff.

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