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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.
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
Taiwanese researchers are to conduct the maiden flight test of an indigenously designed HTTP-3A sounding rocket’s second stage propulsion system on Tuesday morning, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University said yesterday.
The test is scheduled to take place at the Syuhai Interim Sounding Rocket Launch Site in Pingtung County as the first-ever launch at the site, the university said in a statement.
The university operates the Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC), which developed the rocket.
After the first stage is launched, the rocket’s second stage would be deployed when it reaches an altitude of 10km, then deploy deceleration parachutes and fall into the