Taiwan technology minister Wu Cheng-wen has confirmed talks are ongoing with Amazon's Project Kuiper subsidiary to boost satellite-based communications. The minister also nodded to possible collaborations with Elon Musk's Starlink on certain conditions.
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00:00A rocket launched by Japanese startup Space One was carrying a Taiwanese satellite when
00:05it was aborted minutes after liftoff.
00:08The Kairos rocket had five satellites on board when it was destroyed, some made by other
00:13Japanese startups and one from the Taiwan Space Agency.
00:17This was the agency's first time partnering with a Japanese rocket firm, and it says it
00:21will continue the mission next month, loading a Taiwanese satellite onto a rocket from Elon
00:26Musk's SpaceX instead.