司法五等（庭務員）
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[錄事] 公民與英文
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An Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization was launched into orbit from California in August 2017. The Formosat-5 satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which successfully landed its first stage on a drone ship floating in the Pacific Ocean as the second stage continued on and deployed the satellite. Moments before the first-stage touchdown the video link to the vessel froze, then reappeared and showed the rocket standing. Cheers erupted in the SpaceX control room in the Los Angeles suburb Hawthorne. "This is the 15th successful landing of a Falcon 9," said Lauren Lyons, the SpaceX webcast launch commentator. Formosat-5 is the first satellite to be fully designed by Taiwan's space agency and is intended to advance the nation's space technology and scientific research while providing global imagery with a wide array of uses ranging from natural resource studies to disaster management. Planned to operate for five years in low-Earth orbit, about 446 miles (720 kilometers) high, its main instrument is a sensor that can produce high-resolution black-and-white and color images. A predecessor satellite, Formosat-2, produced more than 2.5 million images over 12 years of operation before it wore out and was decommissioned a year ago. The landing of the Falcon 9 first stage aboard the drone ship Just Read the Instructions was the latest in a string of successful recoveries at sea or on shore by SpaceX, which sees reusability of major rocket components as key to driving down launch costs.
An Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization was launched into orbit from California in August 2017. The Formosat-5 satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which successfully landed its first stage on a drone ship floating in the Pacific Ocean as the second stage continued on and deployed the satellite. Moments before the first-stage touchdown the video link to the vessel froze, then reappeared and showed the rocket standing. Cheers erupted in the SpaceX control room in the Los Angeles suburb Hawthorne. "This is the 15th successful landing of a Falcon 9," said Lauren Lyons, the SpaceX webcast launch commentator. Formosat-5 is the first satellite to be fully designed by Taiwan's space agency and is intended to advance the nation's space technology and scientific research while providing global imagery with a wide array of uses ranging from natural resource studies to disaster management. Planned to operate for five years in low-Earth orbit, about 446 miles (720 kilometers) high, its main instrument is a sensor that can produce high-resolution black-and-white and color images. A predecessor satellite, Formosat-2, produced more than 2.5 million images over 12 years of operation before it wore out and was decommissioned a year ago. The landing of the Falcon 9 first stage aboard the drone ship Just Read the Instructions was the latest in a string of successful recoveries at sea or on shore by SpaceX, which sees reusability of major rocket components as key to driving down launch costs.
What is the name of the satellite being launched into orbit?
- A Earth-observation
- B Formosat-5
- C Formosat-2
- D SpaceX
思路引導 VIP
請試著掃視文章的第一段，找找看哪一個專有名詞被動詞「發射（lifted off）」以及「部署（deployed）」直接修飾？這個名詞通常就是這場行動的主角。
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- 暖心鼓勵：恭喜你答對了！你真的非常細心，這顯示你擁有很棒的資訊檢索能力喔。能在長篇英文報導中，精準地找到核心主體，而且沒有被許多科技詞彙給困擾，這真的是非常扎實的閱讀好習慣！
- 觀念驗證：沒錯，文章的第一段就溫柔地告訴我們：「The Formosat-5 satellite lifted off...」，它就是這次發射任務的主角呢。雖然裡面也提到 Formosat-2，但它被標註為predecessor（前身），就像一位老朋友一樣。而 SpaceX 呢，它是幫忙把衛星送上太空的火箭公司。所以呀，這次的主角就是 Formosat-5，你判斷得很正確！
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