YamSat 1A, 1B, 1C

YamSat 1A and 1B []

The YamSat is the first developed picosatellite in National Space Program Office's (NSPO), Taiwan, R.O.C. It is scheduled to flight in the CubeSat launch in 2003. The rapid-prototyping system engineering different from the past formal discipline opens a new satellite development model in NSPO. The YamSat Test Readiness Review Meeting was successfully held in January 2002 and the environmental tests were completed by end March 2002. Besides the breadboard model and engineering test bed to prove of operation concept are built, three YamSats (1A, 1B, & 1C) instead of one are manufactured with slightly different configurations and purposes.

• The YamSat- 1A is for flight with ambitious and novel R.O.C. made components, including 15 domestic organizations and companies' participation.
• The YamSat-1B is basically for backup purpose and demonstration, whereas
• the YamSat-1C is for amateur communication experiment end-to-end field test, and for public education purpose.