SSTL delivers first of the FORMOSAT-7 constellation spacecraft to Taiwan

摘要

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first spacecraft for the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 weather forecasting constellation to the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan, where it has successfully passed a series of systems checks. The FORMOSAT-7 spacecraft has been designed by SSTL using heritage avionics and it has been assembled at the company's cleanroom facilities in the United Kingdom, where SSTL is currently building the remaining FORMOSAT-7 platforms for the constellation. The payloads for the spacecraft are being supplied by NSPO's mission partner, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States, and they will be integrated to the platforms in Taiwan where a full set of spacecraft system tests will be performed.