ONGLAISAT (an acronym for "ONboard Globe-Looking And Imaging Satellite") is a CubeSat developed by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory. It features an experimental off-axis optical system, imaging sensor, and data compression system.
Name ONGLAISAT stands for ONboard Globe-Looking And Imaging Satellite. The combined name also draws from Hokkien to render a meaning of "pineapple" and "prosperous" as a reference to Freedom pineapples which was a contemporary cultural reference when the satellite was being named in 2021.
History ONGLAISAT was developed by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory.
ONGLAISAT was launched in November 2024 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. By summer 2025 it had accomplished its technical and research goals.
Technical specifications ONGLAISAT orbits at 400 km.
Payloads ONGLAISAT features an experimental off-axis optical system, experimental imaging sensor, and an experimental data compression system. It has a main sensor resolution of 2.5m.
See also COSMIC-2 Formosat-2 Formosat-8 PARUS (Taiwanese satellite family)
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