探空七號火箭科學酬載發展

Sounding Rocket No. 7 Scientific Payload

依據「第二期國家太空科技發展長程計畫（2004～2018）」中次軌道科學實驗計畫，國家太空中心預計發射10至15具探空火箭。此計畫執行至今總共進行6次探空實驗，包括：高空流場的三甲基鋁（TMA）釋放量測、電離層光度計實驗、全球定位儀測試、電離層離子探測器實驗、鼻錐罩開啟設計研發、衛星推進次系統研發測試及回收機構設計測試等。國家太空中心與國內學研界合作執行次軌道科學實驗計畫，為台灣累積了探空科學酬載自主發展的經驗與能量。台灣探空火箭是採用中山科學研究院研發的無控火箭，該型火箭採自由彈道飛行方式，以氣動力翼翅或裙狀外型，使氣動力中心位於重心之後，以保持火箭穩定飛行。 During the second phase of the long-term development plan for National Space Technology, NSPO plans to launch10~15 sounding rockets. The Suborbital Scientific Experiment program has completed six flight missions to date, including TMA, Photometer, GPS Receiver, Ion Probe, Recovery Capsule, N2H4 Thruster, Payload Fairing Opening, andPayload Separation experiments. From these missions, the science teams have accumulated enormous experiencein developing scientific payloads. The sounding rocket, provided by CSIST, was a pre-mixed solid propellant rocketwithout flight control design. Throughout its free flight course, the rocket was designed to ensure flight stability bykeeping its aerodynamic center(AC) behind its center of gravity(CG) using fins and flares.