Rapidtek Successfully Launches Black Kite-1 with TASA to Advance LEO IoT Constellation

NEW TAIPEI CITY , Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rapidtek Technologies Inc. (Rapidtek), headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, specializes in space communication modules and phased-array antenna technologies. Rapidtek (6980) announced that the 8U IoT CubeSat Black Kite-1, commissioned by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) and developed with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), successfully reached orbit aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-15 mission. The launch occurred at 2:44 a.m. Taiwan time on November 29 f rom Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a major U.S. West Coast launch site. This successful orbital insertion officially initiates Rapidtek's LEO satellite constellation deployment plan. (Note: TASA initiated the Startup CubeSat Program in 2023 and commissioned