VERTECS launch press conference

The launch of the VERTECS CubeSat with JAXA H3 rocket

Press conference held at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) on 2026/6/26. Launch: 2026/6/12 (JAXA H3 Rocket No.6, Tanegashima, Japan).

VERTECS (Visible Extragalactic background RadiaTion Exploration by CubeSat) is a cube-satellite space telescope jointly developed by National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), together with JAXA and 13 Taiwan-Japan academic and industry partners. It successfully launched on JAXA's H3 rocket on 2026/6/12 - the first Taiwanese astronomy CubeSat to fly on H3. Over the coming year it will carry out the world's highest-precision observation of the visible extragalactic background light to probe the cosmic "excess light" mystery. The data-receiving, processing and calibration software were independently developed by the Taiwan team. VERTECS is the first space mission of the Ministry of Education UAAT-KOOU program "Space Technology Exploration and Data Science Applications".

Speakers: Prof. Tetsuya Hashimoto (National Chung Hsing University) and Prof. Tomotsugu Goto (National Tsing Hua University).

NCHU official news release：https://www2.nchu.edu.tw/news-detail/id/62134

Media coverage

民視新聞網：https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2026626C08M1

公視新聞網：https://news.pts.org.tw/video/20058

公視午間新聞：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6WlZJsbitg

華視新聞網：https://news.cts.com.tw/cna/general/202606/202606263048459.html

TBC台中生活台：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQR6HL6JtY

聯合新聞網：https://udn.com/news/amp/story/7324/9591412

三立新聞網：https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1862855

工商時報：https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260626702101-430502

自由時報：https://news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/life/paper/1760415