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
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