FORMOSAT-3 Satellite Constellation is currently providing 1800 atmospheric radio occultation sounding points and 2500 ionosphere profiles a day after the successful launch on April 15 this year. NSPO is conducting the 2006 Workshop on the Early Results and the IOP (Intensive Operation Phase) Campaign that is being held at the International Conference Hall, Condensed Matter & Physics Building of the National Taiwan University at Taipei from 11/28 to 12/01. There are over 160 researchers of the universities and the research institutes from Taiwan and main users’ nations, such as United States, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, India, Australia, France, Germany, and etc., will gather in the workshop to present and to share the early results of the FORMOSAT-3 data analyses and applications. FORMOSAT-3 science data has attracted attention from the atmospheric and ionosphere researchers and application institutes worldwide. Currently, nearly 400 researchers and institutes of over 34 nations have used the near real-time science data for weather prediction, ionosphere study, and climate research. The early results have shown a significant and positive impact to the global weather data assimilation and prediction system. Meanwhile, with the growing demand of the FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC data from the user community, the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in the U.S agree to sign a “Letter of Intent” to operate and to maintain the current FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC system for the third to the fifth year after the launch (2008-2010). Furthermore, both parties agree to work together to develop a FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC follow-on Program for continuing the radio occultation satellite constellation as part of the international global observing system.