Foxconn launches second-generation satellites via SpaceX Falcon 9

Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Sunday its second-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites were ‌launched ⁠via a ⁠SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California, marking the electronics manufacturer’s latest push into space ⁠technology.

The ‌company’s PEARL-1A ​and ​PEARL-1B satellites ⁠entered their intended orbits ​and will conduct on-orbit ​missions for five years, it said.

Foxconn said the ‌two satellites are primarily designed ​to ​verify ⁠payload technologies in the fields of communication and ​space science.