Launch site issues force rocket firm overseas: sourcesBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe lack of an approved launch site in the nation has forced Taiwan Innovative Space Inc to turn to Australia to launch a research rocket, sources familiar with the matter have said. Australian space company Southern Launch would help Taiwan Innovative Space launch its sounding rocket at a site near Adelaide, South Australia, another person with knowledge of the matter said. People look at Taiwan Innovative Space Inc’s Hapith-I rocket at a site in Taitung County on Dec. 26, 2019. Taiwan Innovative Space had not responded to the Taipei Times’ requests for comment as of press time last night. Taiwan Innovative Space chairman Chen Yen-sen (陳彥升) had said that the firm might launch the Hapith-I in Alaska.

Source: Taipei Times May 06, 2021 15:56 UTC