South Korea
South Korean leader vows ‘landing on the moon by 2030’
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea has vowed to launch the nation’s first robotic lunar lander on a domestically developed rocket by 2030.
With CAS500, South Korea launches journey toward private-led satellite development
The March 22 launch of South Korea’s CAS500-1 remote sensing satellite has marked the beginning of the country’s journey toward the domestic satellite industry being driven by the private sector.
S. Korea’s Kencoa Aerospace expands space business in U.S. with new capital
Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a South Korean aircraft assembler and parts supplier that has NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin as clients, is planning to expand its U.S. parts manufacturing plant in Georgia.
Hanwha Aerospace bets big on space business
Hanwha Aerospace, the leading aircraft engine producer in South Korea, is stepping up efforts to expand its space business.
South Korea to spend $553 million on space projects in 2021
South Korea will spend 615 billion won ($553.1 million) in 2021 on space activities aimed at bolstering its capacity to produce satellites, rockets and other key equipment.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite
SpaceX’s customer for the Anasis-2 mission was Lockheed Martin on behalf of the government of South Korea.
Japanese communications satellite and South Korean weather satellite launch on Ariane 5
Arianespace completed its third launch of the year Feb. 18, sending a Japanese communications satellite and a South Korean weather satellite into geostationary transfer orbits.
Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch
Perigee Aerospace of Daejeong, South Korea, has raised around $12 million from Samsung Venture Investments, LB Investment and others to develop Blue Whale 1, a small launcher capable of carrying 50 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, CEO Yoon Shin said in an interview.
Arianespace launches two Asian satellites on Ariane 5 rocket
Arianespace completed its final Ariane 5 launch of 2018 and penultimate overall mission for the year on Dec. 4, carrying a satellite for India and another for South Korea to geostationary transfer orbit.
ILS wins contract for Angara launch of South Korea’s Kompsat-6
Tuesday's briefing begins with ILS being chosen to launch Korea's Kompsat-6 satellite on an Angara 1.2 rocket.
GALLERY | S. Korean President Visits NASA Goddard
The president of South Korea visited NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on Wednesday morning in an effort to build up space partnerships with the United States.
Ball Sensor for S. Korean Sat Passes Design Review
The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) that Ball Aerospace is building for South Korea’s multipurpose Earth-observing Geo-Kompsat 2B satellite passed its critical design review in February.
Geopolitics in Check as Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr Rocket Lofts South Korean Satellite
The launch, which had been delayed because of Dnepr availability, is the latest sign that despite the year-long hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, cooperative efforts that generate hard currency, such as Denpr, are being maintained despite occasional statements to the contrary in Russia.
