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Foxconn’s second-generation low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday in California, lighting up the sky with a long trail of flame before successfully entering low-Earth orbit.

The satellites Pearl-1A and Pearl-1B's primary missions include communications verification and space science payload testing. Two satellites will fly in tandem formation to conduct inter-satellite communication experiments over a planned five-year mission, marking a new phase for Foxconn in the LEO satellite communications sector. The company said it will use experience from this mission to accelerate its push into the LEO market.

Also aboard the same Falcon 9 launch was "Gemini-Pollux," a CubeSat independently developed by the Space Technology Center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Built entirely by NCKU faculty and students, the satellite will conduct ionospheric monitoring, upper-atmosphere research, and Earth imaging, communicating with ground stations via amateur radio.

Chen Chia-Ray (陳嘉瑞), a CubeSat program director at Taiwan's National Space Organization, noted that IoT communications via CubeSat are increasingly common, particularly for connecting remote areas and ocean zones lacking ground-based signals.