Source: Global Times New Media
Comprehensive reports from Taiwan's United Daily News and other Taiwanese media, the Taoyuan Municipal Government announced on the 6th that it will cooperate with Taiwan's Central University to continue to develop and improve the previous "Flying Squirrel" technology, and plans to land in the lunar polar regions in 2023.
"Flying Smoke" satellite (Taiwan media data photo)
Zhang Qiwei, a distinguished professor at the Center for Space Science and Technology Research of Central University of Taiwan, pointed out that after Taiwan first launched the satellite "Fuwei-1", it has successively launched 15 artificial satellites , but all of them are low-orbit satellites with an altitude of less than 1,000 kilometers, and have never challenged the farther "deep space" environment. Zhang Qiwei said that he hopes to further improve the Flying Squirrel technology and challenge the more difficult "Deep Space" mission.
"Flying Smoke" satellite (Taiwan media data photo)
Taoyuan Municipal Government also stated that it plans to further extend and improve the "Flying Smoke" technology, with the goal of sending scientific load instruments to the moon in 2023, conducting deep space radiation environment observation and load tests between the earth and the moon, and hope to build Taoyuan City into an aviation space city, while promoting the development of science education and industrial technology.
Taiwan region scientific researchers (Taiwan media data photo)
According to Taiwan media, the Cube satellite "Flying Squirrel" developed by the team of Taiwan's "Central University" was launched from the United States late at night on January 24 this year on the US SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Taiwanese media pointed out that after the launch of the "Flying Squirrel", two ground stations in Taiwan could not receive satellite signals for the first few days. "Fortunately, European amateur radio experts received the signal within 5 hours of the launch, allowing the Taiwan team to know that the "Flying Squirrel" is still there and is operating normally, and also gave the team peace of mind."
