1st satellite of Taiwan's Formosat-8 constellation successfully launched

The first satellite of the Taiwan-developed Formosat-8 constellation project successfully lifted off early Saturday morning (Taipei time) from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA).

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