Taiwan Space Agency

This article is about a space agency in Taiwan (the Republic of China). For the space administrative office in Mainland China, see China National Space Administration.

Taiwan Space Agency
國家太空中心
Guójiā Tàikōng Zhōngxīn
Taiwan Space Agency Logo
Agency overview
AbbreviationTASA
Former nameNational Space Organization
FormedOctober 1991; 33 years ago (1991-10)
(as National Space Program Office)
1 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-01)
(as National Space Organization)
TypeSpace agency
JurisdictionTaiwan
HeadquartersHsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu
AdministratorWu Jong-shinn, Director General
Primary spaceportJiu Peng Air Base, Pingtung County
Xuhai Rocket Launch Site, Pingtung County
EmployeesRoughly 300
Annual budgetNT$10 billion dollars (2023)
Websitewww.tasa.org.tw/index.php?ln=en Edit this at Wikidata
Taiwan Space Agency
Traditional Chinese國家太空中心
Simplified Chinese国家太空中心
Literal meaningNational Space Centre
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuójiā Tàikōng Zhōngxīn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKok-ka Thài-khong Tiong-sim

Taiwan Space Agency (short as TASA), formerly the National Space Organization (NSPO) from 1991 to 2023, is the national civilian space agency of the Taiwan, under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council. TASA is involved in the development of space technologies and related research.[1]

  1. ^ "About NSPO | Vision and Mission". Nspo.narl.org.tw. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.