Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), formerly the National Space Organization (NSPO), is the national civilian space agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan), under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council. TASA is involved in the development of space technologies and related research. Vision and Mission TASA was founded in order to develop and conduct researches on aerospace and natural science in Taiwan. Its mission is to be a center of innovation and excellence for space technology and to develop space programs that applies Taiwan's strength and global competitiveness. Organization TASA headquarters and the main ground control station are in Hsinchu. The TASA is organized as follows: In April 2022, the Legislative Yuan passed a bill that upgraded the NSPO to a directly affiliated agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and renamed Taiwan Space Agency. TASA also has numerous laboratories, such as: System Simulation Laboratory Thermal Control Laboratory Microwave Communication Laboratory Data Processing Laboratory Attitude Determination and Control Laboratory Electro-optics Laboratory Structure Development Laboratory Electrical Power Laboratory Multi-layer Insulation (MLI) Laboratory History 1991 10/03The Executive Yuan approved the "Space Technology Long Term (15 years) Developmental Program"; established National Space Program Office. 1994 09/09Held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Satellite Integration & Test Building 11/01Signed a frequency coordination contract with an US company Telecom Strategies 12/12Signed a ground system contract with the US company Allied Signal Technical Service Corponation (ATSC) 1996 06/30The completion of the five domestic component engineering model development; start the manufacture of flight unit. 1997 04/25Held a FORMOSAT-1 antenna installment ceremony at Tainan National Cheng Kung University. 05/16The Spacecraft Bus was delivered to the Satellite Integration & Test Building of National Space Program Office from Los Angelus, USA 07/11The Vice President Lien officiated the opening ceremony of the Satellite Integration & Test Building. 1998 06/21National Science Council announced the result for the "Naming and Drawing Competitions", and finalized that the satellite will be named "FORMOSAT-1" 10/07The completion of FORMOSAT-1 satellite system integration and tests. 1999 01/27FORMOSAT-1 was being launched into the orbit and started executing its scientific missions. 02/13The Ocean Color Imager of FORMOSAT-1 took its first ocean color image. 03/16Dr Wong Hung-Chih took on the Director General position of the National Space Program Office. 06/30Held a contract signing ceremony for the FORMOSAT-2 X-band antenna system. 12/15The commencement of the development of FORMOSAT-2. 2018 02/01Dr. Chun-Liang Lin took on the Director General position