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The Executive Yuan officially approved the 3rd phase of the “National Space Technology Long-Term Development Program” in Taiwan (3rd phase space program) in January 2019. The 3rd phase space program was started from 2019 and will be ended in 2028. Formosat-8 is the first satellite program to be initiated in the 3rd phase space program. There are six remote sensing satellites in this program. We plan to be launch six satellites sequentially from 2022 to 2027 for constellation deployment in order to have daily global coverage and multiple local revisits over Taiwan. Besides remote sensing mission, our government would like NSPO to promote local space industry. We changed satellite development approach with respect to past satellite programs in Taiwan. There are more private companies and research institutes joining this program to develop key components and core technologies. COTS (Commercial-Of-The-Shelf) approach plays an important role in this program. New components will go
Chia-Ray Chen
"Current status of Formosat-8 program", Proc. SPIE 11501, Earth Observing Systems XXV, 1150104 (20 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567397
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Chia-Ray Chen, "Current status of Formosat-8 program," Proc. SPIE 11501, Earth Observing Systems XXV, 1150104 (20 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567397