{"id":156283,"date":"2026-08-19T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156283"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:00:06","slug":"taiwan-made-satellite-launcher-fails-first-test-triggers-missile-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156283","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan-made satellite launcher fails first test, triggers missile panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s first test of a locally developed satellite launch vehicle failed on Wednesday after the rocket veered off course, terrifying nearby villagers who mistook it for an incoming missile.<br \/>\nThe rocket was launched at around 6am local time from the Jiupeng missile testing base in southern Pingtung county.<br \/>\nThe base is operated by the government-backed National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Taiwan\u2019s top weapons developer.<br \/>\nWitnesses said the projectile climbed briefly&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3364561\/taiwan-made-satellite-launcher-fails-first-test-triggers-missile-panic?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s first test of a locally developed satellite launch vehicle failed on Wednesday after the rocket veered off course, terrifying nearby villagers who mistook&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156283"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}