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Taipei's Space Agency Honored for Innovative Earth Observation Technology
The Taiwan Space Agency, in partnership with ArkEdge Space Inc and the University of Tokyo’s Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory, has won the Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for its ONGLAISAT satellite. The satellite, a 6U Earth observation satellite, was deployed from the International Space Station and conducted over 100 imaging operations, achieving a ground resolution of 2.44m. The mission demonstrates the potential of small satellites for high-resolution Earth observation and marks a milestone for the commercialization of global micro-satellite constellations. This achievement was reported by Taipei Times.