"Mission 99%Successful"

According to a report from the "Central News Agency" in Taiwan on July 10, a satellite-like vehicle rocket HTTP-3A second-level rocket was successfully launched in Xuhai, Pingtung on the 10th, flying for about 2 minutes. Yangming Jiaotong University Foresight Rocket Research Center (ARRC) team said that this is the world's first controllable hybrid rocket. Although the flight time is short, the process meets the plan, and the task is 99%successful.

It is reported that the scientific and technological department of the Taiwan authorities is located in the short -term scientific research exploring rocket launch site in Xuhai Village, Mudan Township, Pingtung County. It was originally scheduled to be launched by the ARRC launch team on May 3 this year. At that time, it was canceled due to weather changes. On the 10th, ARRC challenged again, and finally launched smoothly at 6:12 in the morning, the flight time was about 2 minutes.

It is reported that Wei Shixin, deputy director of ARRC, subsequently accepted the media interviews that the most important purpose of this task is to depend on whether the Rockets can be planned according to the task plan. The sea is basically successfully achieved throughout the process. Therefore, it is believed that the task has been successful. This is the first step in Taiwan's development satellite vehicle rocket.

The first satellite vehicle rocket HTTP-3A Rockets (Taiwan "Central News Agency")

It is reported that according to the original flight plan, the rocket flight time is about 8 to 10 minutes, up to 12 kilometers, and the press release of the Taiwan authorities ’science and technology authorities pointed out that the Rockets fell to the sea after 2 minutes after taking off, and the actual flight height was about 3 on the 10th. kilometer.

It is reported that ARRC said that the overall flight process meets the expectations, but the flight has started some mechanisms for about 30 seconds. Therefore, the flight time did not meet the expectations, but the Rockets continued to fly and open the parachute according to the design.

The ARRC team pointed out that HTTP-3A is the first hybrid rocket with control technology in the world. Although the flight height is not high, it is a major breakthrough in the technical side. At the beginning, it is expected to challenge and the first level to launch, testing the control of the air away and ignition.

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