TiSPACE

Taiwan Innovative Space Inc.

Industry| Space launch
Founded| 2016
Founder| Dr. Yen-Sen Chen
Headquarters|

Chunan, Miaoli County

Taiwan

Number of employees

| 104[1] (2019)
Website| www.tispace.com

TiSPACE, officially Taiwan Innovative Space Inc. (Chinese: 台灣晉陞太空股份有限公司), is a space launch company from Taiwan.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Facilities
* 2.1 Hot fire test facility
* 2.2 Nantian launch facility
* 3 Launch vehicles
* 3.1 HAPITH I (Kestrel I)
* 3.2 HAPITH V
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## History

TiSPACE was founded in 2016 by a group of investors, scientists, and engineers led by Yen-Sen Chen who had previously worked at the NSPO and at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.[3] In 2019 they signed an MOU with National Central University to promote domestic space launch and the space technology sector. They also attended the International Astronautical Congress, a first for a Taiwanese company.[1]

TiSPACE scrapped their launch facility in Taiwan due to legal issues. In August 2021 TiSPACE announced plans to launch from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in Australia rather than Taiwan. They received the first flight approval permit ever issued by the Australian government.[4]

TiSPACE used the name of a prawn farm as a cover to illegally establish a rocket launch site on indigenous land in Nantian Village, Daren Township, Taitung County, without obtaining the consent of the local Indigenous community. The company was subsequently fined multiple times by the Taitung County Government and ordered to restore the land to its original state. However, by 2024, TiSPACE had not only failed to restore the land but had also added new buildings and expanded the concrete paving, violating the Regional Planning Act. As a result, the former chairman, Li Jinyi, was sentenced to 50 days' imprisonment and fined.[5]

## Facilities

Structural dynamics tests are performed at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering.[6]

### Hot fire test facility

TiSPACE conducts engine tests at its vertical hot fire test facility.[6]

### Nantian launch facility

TiSPACE’s launch facility is located in the Nantian are of Taitung county. According to TiSPACE the facility features "launch pad, launch support rail, an oxidizer filling facility, vehicle/payload assembly building, launch command center, and tracking/communication antenna."[6]

## Launch vehicles

### HAPITH I (Kestrel I)

HAPITH I (known as Kestrel I when operated by ATSpace)[7] is a two stage sub-orbital rocket designed to validate TiSPACE's hybrid-propellant rocket system. The HAPITH I has 100% domestically sourced components.[3] Hapith is Saisiyat for flying squirrel.[1]

The first launch of the HAPITH I was scheduled for December 27, 2019 but was called off after protest from the local indigenous community. With the blessings of the community the launch was rescheduled for February 13 and was to include a Paiwan blessing of the rocket.[8] The February 13 launch was scrubbed due to weather.[9][10] As of August 2021, the first launch of HAPITH I was scheduled to take place at Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia, in late 2021.[11]

On 16 September 2021, 06:39 UTC[12][13] the Hapith I rocket (flight VS01[14]) launched from Whalers Way Pad 1 on a suborbital test flight. This was the maiden flight of Hapith I and first of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way.[15] The rocket started to climb off the launch pad, but caught fire and fell over, supposedly due to pipework failure. Fire was [16] Intended apogee of the flight was 250 km (160 mi).[17] As payload the rocket carried an Ionosphere Scintillation Package (ISP)[18] for NSPO for the purpose of Ionospheric scintillation research.

Two more test launches of the vehicle, conducted by ATSpace under the Kestrel I name, are scheduled for late 2022.[7]

HAPITH I has two stages; the first stage has 4 motors, and the second stage has a single motor. All motors are similar, having a composite outer shell with styrene-butadiene rubber as fuel and nitrous oxide as oxidizer.[19]

### HAPITH V

The HAPITH V is a three stage orbital rocket in development from the HAPITH I with an approximate height of 20 m, a diameter of 2.2 m, and a first stage thrust of 650 kN. The target payload is 390 kg to LEO and 350 kg to SSO. It will be TiSPACE’s first commercial offering.[20]

HAPITH V has three stages; the first stage has 5 motors, the second stage has 4 motors, and the third stage has a single motor. All motors are similar, having a composite outer shell with styrene-butadiene rubber as fuel and nitrous oxide as oxidizer.[19]

## See also

* List of companies of Taiwan
* NewSpace
* Gilmour Space Technologies
* Advanced Rocket Research Center
* National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chia-nan, Lin (15 December 2019). "FEATURE: Firm sets sights on heavens as space industry develops". http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/12/15/2003727591. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
2. ↑ "Taiwan's TiSPACE Enters Crowded Small Satellite Launch Market With Large Ambitions". Space Watch. https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/taiwans-tispace-enters-crowded-small-satellite-launch-market-with-large-ambitions/. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About". TiSPACE. http://www.tispace.com/about.html.
4. ↑ Alamalhodaei, Aria (23 August 2021). "Taiwan Innovative Space will conduct a test launch of its Hapith I rocket in Australia later this year". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/23/taiwan-innovative-space-will-conduct-a-test-launch-of-its-hapith-i-rocket-in-australia-later-this-year/.
5. ↑ Illegal land use for rocket launch in Taitung: Former space company chairman Li Jinyi sentenced to 50 days’ detention (Society – Liberty Times)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hapith V Launch Vehicle Payload User's Manual. Taiwan: TiSPACE. November 1, 2019. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KBCcEEJZYmK51dW3Cu7Sv8T5nSh7cWRE/view. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tran, Vi (2 August 2022). "Southern Launch and ATSpace to launch two test rockets". Space Australia. https://spaceaustralia.com/news/southern-launch-and-atspace-launch-two-test-rockets.
8. ↑ "Taiwan to launch first indigenous rocket Feb. 13". 10 February 2020. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202002100008.
9. ↑ Chung, Jake (14 February 2020). "Bad weather stops HAPITH-1 rocket launch". http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/02/14/2003730963.
10. ↑ "Launch of first indigenous rocket canceled due to bad weather". 13 February 2020. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202002130009.
11. ↑ "Commercial rocket launch permit granted for South Australia". Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. 23 August 2021. https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/porter/media-releases/commercial-rocket-launch-permit-granted-south-australia.
12. ↑ @SouthernLaunch (16 September 2021). "LAUNCH UPDATE
At 4:09pm (ACST) @SouthernLaunch & TiSPACE attempted to launch the Hapith I. During ignition, the vehicle suffered an internal fault causing it catch alight. The fire was contained to the pad and attended to by the CFS. No people or the environment were at risk.". https://twitter.com/SouthernLaunch/status/1438406400405741570.
13. ↑ "Third time unlucky for SA rocket launch". AAP. 16 September 2021. https://au.news.yahoo.com/third-time-unlucky-sa-rocket-080039161.html.
14. ↑ "VS01 Mission Overview". Southern Launch. 9 September 2021. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/606d2618e5daf1745386c519/t/61381221660de40e2e027c46/1631064636028/Mission+Overview+R.pdf.
15. ↑ "Whalers Way to Reach the Stars". Southern Launch. 14 July 2021. https://www.southernlaunch.space/news/whalers-way-to-reach-the-stars-july-2021.
16. ↑ Si-soo, Park (7 October 2021). "Taiwan’s TiSPACE to try again after launch attempt ends in flames" (in en-US). https://spacenews.com/taiwans-tispace-to-try-again-after-launch-attempt-ends-in-flames/.
17. ↑ "首支國造火箭飛鼠一號預計13日台東發射". TiSPACE (Press release) (in 中文（臺灣）). 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
18. ↑ "Missions 科學任務 [Scientific Missions"]. National Central University. 9 May 2021. http://spl.ss.ncu.edu.tw/Missions/index.html.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Krebs, Gunter (1 June 2021). "Hapith". Gunter's Space Page. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/hapith.htm.
20. ↑ "HAPITH V". TiSPACE. http://www.tispace.com/launch.html. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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