At 5:25 AM Taiwan time on the 24th, Taiwan's self-made CubeSat Sparrow T2 was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States. After approximately 136 minutes, Sparrow T2 successfully entered an orbit at an altitude of 621 kilometers, and in the afternoon of the 24th, it established communication with the Taiwan ground station.

Zeng Jian-Kai, head of the National Space Organization's Micro-Nano Satellite Development Team, stated, "At 1:25 PM, we successfully received signals from our satellite at the ground station in Taiwan, and the communication effect was very good." The main mission of Sparrow T2 is to verify the performance of the optimized CubeSat platform, with a mission lifespan set at 12 months, carrying Taiwan-made cross-band voice repeaters and an automatic position reporting system.

This launch aims to further enhance the reliability of Taiwan's self-made CubeSat, allowing the academic and industrial sectors to focus on developing payloads, thus shortening the R&D timeline and increasing the chances of successful verification. Zeng pointed out, "The T2 satellite is actually part of an optimized version of our satellites, and we have some mission payloads that need to be verified; the primary focus is on our voice communication payload."

Dai Teng-Ying, a member of the Taiwan Space Industry Development Association, noted that, "In the realm of space, CubeSats can perform image tracking or geographical information tracking, but Taiwan's budget for this is still somewhat limited." Industry representatives highlighted that CubeSats have cost advantages and can be utilized in multiple ways; however, Taiwan's investment in this area is still relatively weak compared to the rapid growth of CubeSats internationally. They suggest that the government should allocate more resources to enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan's space industry.