Radio Taiwan International
Date: 10 February, 2020
By: Leslie Liao

Taiwan will launch it’s first domestically-made rocket — HAPITH-I — on February 13 in Southeast Taiwan’s Taitung County. The launch will take place on indigenous Liubetj tribe ground, where locals will bless the craft. The Liubetj tribe agreed to the launch site after extensive negotiation and coordination.

TiSPACE, the company that developed HAPITH-I, originally planned to launch the rocket from Taitung on December 27 last year. However, failure to properly communicating the terms of the launch to the Liubetj people resulted in a lengthy dispute. After communicating with tribe leaders, TiSPACE obtained approval to launch their rocket.    [FULL  STORY]