October 21, 2015
Taiwan's FormoSat-5, an ultra-high-resolution Earth observation satellite operated by the Hsinchu City-headquartered National Space Organization, is scheduled for launch in February 2016, according to the NSPO. With over 70 percent of the satellite having been developed domestically, FormoSat-5 contains a locally made optical remote sensing payload, a Cassegrain telescope-type remote sensing instrument and the world's