Rockets built by university teams are lifting off from the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) launch site in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan this weekend. A group from Tamkang University sent one experimental vehicle to an altitude of more than 7 km before it stopped transmitting data. The series of launches is part of a TASA initiative to train new talent for Taiwan’s emerging space sector, which plans to start testing a domestically built satellite launch vehicle by 2028.
00:00Rockets are flying in southern Taiwan this weekend as university groups test their experimental vehicles at the National Space Agency TASA's launch site in Pindong County.
00:18One rocket from a Tamgang University group reached an altitude of over 7 kilometers before it stopped sending data.
00:26The launches are part of a TASA program aimed at cultivating talent for its budding space aeronautics program.
00:33Taiwan aims to begin testing a domestically built satellite launch vehicle by 2028.
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