Rocket launch to test ARRC propulsion systemBy Hung Mei-hsiu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwanese researchers are to conduct the maiden flight test of an indigenously designed HTTP-3A sounding rocket’s second stage propulsion system on Tuesday morning, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University said yesterday. The test is scheduled to take place at the Syuhai Interim Sounding Rocket Launch Site in Pingtung County as the first-ever launch at the site, the university said in a statement. The university operates the Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC), which developed the rocket. Members of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University’s Advanced Rocket Research Center pose in front of an HTTP-3A sounding rocket in an undated photo. “The preparation, data and experience surrounding a test flight are invaluable to the [center’s] technical development.”
