First images from Formosat-8A satellite releasedStaff writer, with CNAThe Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) yesterday released the first images from its Formosat-8A satellite, featuring high-resolution views of Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區), Tainan’s Anping District (安平), Kaohsiung’s Singda Harbor (興達港), Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo and Barcelona airport. Formosat-8A, named the “Chi Po-lin Satellite” after the late Taiwanese documentary filmmaker Chi Po-lin (齊柏林), was launched on Nov. 29 last year. An aerial view of Hsinchu Science Park captured by Formosat-8 satellite is pictured in an undated photograph. Unlike Formosat-5, which can only capture blurred images of traffic flow, Formosat-8A can photograph airplanes and vehicles in detail, it said. Once fully deployed in 2031, the constellation would provide global coverage and capture Taiwan three times a day, it said.

Source: Taipei Times February 11, 2026 17:12 UTC