Taiwan Space Agency

• 10/03
  The Executive Yuan approved the "Space Technology Long Term (15 years) Developmental Program"; established National Space Program Office.[5]

• 09/09
  Held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Satellite Integration & Test Building[5]
• 11/01
  Signed a frequency coordination contract with an US company Telecom Strategies[5]
• 12/12
  Signed a ground system contract with the US company Allied Signal Technical Service Corponation (ATSC)[5]

• 06/30
  The completion of the five domestic component engineering model development; start the manufacture of flight unit.[5]

• 04/25
  Held a FORMOSAT-1 antenna installment ceremony at Tainan National Cheng Kung University.[5]
• 05/16
  The Spacecraft Bus was delivered to the Satellite Integration & Test Building of National Space Program Office from Los Angelus, USA[5]
• 07/11
  The Vice President Lien officiated the opening ceremony of the Satellite Integration & Test Building.[5]

• 06/21
  National Science Council announced the result for the "Naming and Drawing Competitions", and finalized that the satellite will be named "FORMOSAT-1" [5]
• 10/07
  The completion of FORMOSAT-1 satellite system integration and tests.[5]

• 01/27
  FORMOSAT-1 was being launched into the orbit and started executing its scientific missions.[5]
• 02/13
  The Ocean Color Imager of FORMOSAT-1 took its first ocean color image.[5]
• 03/16
  Dr Wong Hung-Chih took on the Director General position of the National Space Program Office.[5]
• 06/30
  Held a contract signing ceremony for the FORMOSAT-2 X-band antenna system.[5]
• 12/15
  The commencement of the development of FORMOSAT-2.[5]

• 02/01
  Dr. Chun-Liang Lin took on the Director General position of National Space Organization[5]
• 02/23
  President Tsai Meets with FORMOSAT-5 Satellite Team[5]
• 08/03
  President of the Executive Yuan Ching-te Lai inspected FORMOSAT-7 preparation[5]
• 09/21
  FORMOSAT-5 Imagery Service Begins[5]

• 02/21
  President Ing-wen Tsai Visited NSPO[5]
• 06/25
  FORMOSAT-7 satellites launched into space by SpaceX on Falcon Heavy[5]
• 07/17
  FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 successfully observed the first Radio Occultation profile[5]

• 03/07
  FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 atmospheric data were released[5]
• 04/30
  FORMOSAT-3 constellation Completes its Mission with Honor[5]

• 01/24
  YUSAT and IDEASSAT CubeSats launched[5]
• 02/03
  Formosat-7 constellation deployment was completed[5]
• 05/31
  "Space Development Act" Passes Legislature's 3rd Reading[5]
• 08/02
  professor of NCTU and head of Advanced Rocket Research Center Jong-Shin Wu established as new manager of NSPO[6]
• 09/30
  Taiwanese seeds return from space[7][8]
• 10/27
  signs contract on collaboration with NanoAvionics[9][10][11][12][13][14]

National Science and Technology Council placed under the direct oversight of the National Science and Technology Council and renamed the Taiwan Space Agency.[15][16] The Chinese name was not changed.[17]

The FORMOSAT (福爾摩沙衛星) name derived from Formosa and satellite (formerly ROCSAT (中華衛星) = Republic of China (ROC) + satellite (sat)).

• Formosat-1 (formerly ROCSAT-1): Communications and ionospheric research satellite, launched in January 1999.
• Formosat-2 (formerly ROCSAT-2): Ionospheric research and surface mapping satellite, launched May 2004.
• Formosat-3/COSMIC: Constellation of six microsatellites to perform GPS occultation studies of the upper atmosphere. Collaborative project with US agencies including NASA, NOAA and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, launched in April 2006.
• Formosat-5: Optical earth observation and magnetic field research as a successor to the Japanese Reimei mission. Cooperation with Japan and Canada. Launch was originally planned for 2011,[20] it was launched in 2017.[21]
• Formosat-6 was a micro satellite project, its development was cancelled.[22]
• Formosat-7 is a group of 6 satellites in low inclination orbits to provide meteorology data at low and mid latitudes.[23] Launch took place in June 2019.
• Triton, The FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON) is a micro-satellite designed and manufactured by NSPO. It is planned along with the FORMOSAT-7 program, thus it continues to use FORMOSAT serial number and subjoins a letter “R” for identification. Known as the “wind hunter” the satellite will measure sea winds and provide a supplement to the FORMOSAT-7 constellation. The name ”Triton” is given due to its mission.[24] Triton was launched on October 8, 2023, by Arianespace SA from the Kourou launch complex in French Guiana. The Triton satellite will be 87% Taiwanese made, an improvement from the Formosat-7's 78%.[25][26]

• YamSat: Series of picosatellites (volume 1000 cubic cm, weight roughly 850 grams) designed to carry out simple short duration spectroscopy missions.[27] Originally planned for launch in 2003 by a Russian launch vehicle but cancelled due to political pressure from the Russian government.[28]
• Arase: JAXA mission to study the inner magnetosphere, launched 2016. Taiwan provided an instrument.
• RISESAT: microsatellite developed by Tohoku University, Japan, launched in 2019. Taiwan provided an instrument.[29]
• Flying Squirrel, developed by National Central University and launched in 2021.[30]
• Yushan, developed by MoGaMe Mobile Entertainment and launched in 2021.[30]

• Triton, The FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON) is a micro-satellite designed and manufactured by NSPO. It is planned along with the FORMOSAT-7 program, thus it continues to use FORMOSAT serial number and subjoins a letter “R” for identification. Known as the “wind hunter” the satellite will measure sea winds and provide a supplement to the FORMOSAT-7 constellation. The name ”Triton” is given due to its mission.[31] Triton is to be launched in 2021 by Arianespace SA from the Kourou launch complex in French Guiana. The Triton satellite will be 87% Taiwanese made, an improvement from the Formosat-7's 78%.[25]
• Formosat-8, remote sensing satellite planned to follow Triton.[25]
• Nut, developed by National Formosa University. To be launched in June 2021.[30]