Benefits of Taiwan's Second Phase Space Program
- Paper number
IAC-07-E3.4.09
- Author
Dr. Jeng-Shing Chern, National Space Organization, Taiwan, China
- Coauthor
Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan, China
- Coauthor
Dr. Lance Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan, China
- Year
2007
- Abstract
This paper introduces the potential benefits to Taiwan society (and even to humankind) which could be obtained from the second phase space program of Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO). The second phase space program of Taiwan spans 15 years, from 2004 to 2018, with a planned budget of about 25 billion New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) or equivalently 750 million United States Dollars (USD). It consists of the following satellite, sounding rocket, small launch vehicle, academic and international cooperation programs: 1. Remote sensing satellite program: The purpose is to develop two remote sensing satellites to continue the service of providing satellite images for FORMOSAT-2 users. Launch dates for the two satellites shall be in 2010 and 2017, respectively. 2. FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC following-on program: The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC system is a constellation of 6 micro satellites. After being launched on 15 April 2006, the system has been used extensively worldwide for climate and ionosphere research and application. It has become a thermometer for monitoring global warming phenomena. The current system has a mission life of 5 years. NSPO shall coordinate other countries for the development of a follow-on system with a planned launch date in 2011 or 2012. 3. Super-cluster micro satellites program: The purpose is to develop a completely new generation of micro satellite by using nano and MEMS technologies. Many of such satellites shall be launched into different orbits for a same mission such as remote sensing. A very powerful ground-based image processing system shall be developed to process the data to obtain the image. This program can match with Taiwan’s superiority in electronics and computer. 4. Sounding rocket program: The purpose is to launch one sounding rocket every year to provide as a platform for the test of future new developed space payloads. 5. Small launch vehicle: The purpose is to develop a small launch vehicle for launching 50 kg class satellite into a circular orbit of 500 km. The first flight is scheduled in 2012 or 2013. 6. Academic cooperation program: A GPS Application and Research Center (GPS-ARC) has been established. Other cooperation is under planning. 7. International cooperation program: NSPO shall continue to develop the international cooperation opportunities in its second phase space program. The areas of return-to-the-moon and moon exploration programs are already under consideration.
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