Taiwan's first domestically made weather satellite, "Triton," will start sending back data on sea surface conditions in June, just in time for typhoon season.
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00:00Taiwan's first domestic weather satellite will start sending back data on sea surface
00:05conditions next month ahead of the country's typhoon season.
00:09Launched last October, the Triton satellite is designed to predict typhoon intensities.
00:14Developed by the Taiwan Space Agency, it will collect sea surface wind data that will help
00:20with typhoon path predictions.
00:22The data that Triton provides will go toward a collaboration with the Central Weather Administration
00:27to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts.