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Kaohsiung, July 10 (CNA) Taiwanese researchers conducted a successful test flight on Sunday of the second-stage propulsion system of the indigenous HTTP-3A sounding rocket, which could be used in the future to carry miniature communications satellites into orbit.
Researchers from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University’s Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC) yesterday successfully tested the second-stage propulsion system of a domestically designed rocket.
Minister of Science and Technology Wu Cheng-chung (吳政忠) lauded the test of the HTTP-3A sounding rocket’s propulsion system, saying it demonstrated the integration of industry and academia in Taiwan at a time when the global space industry is developing.
The test, which was originally scheduled for May 3, began at 6:12am yesterday, with the rocket launching from Syuhai Village (旭海) in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹).
According to the initial flight plan, the 4.8m, 365kg rocket was
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Taiwan conducted a successful test launch of the first locally-made HTTP-3A sounding rocket, which could be used to carry miniature. 10.07.2022, Sputnik International
GREAT PROGRESS: The HTTP-3A is the first hybrid rocket in the world to have guidance and control technology a major technological breakthrough, the ARRC director saidBy Wu Po-hsuan, Tsai Chang-sheng and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer