SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national space agency said Tuesday it is exploring the use of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket to launch the country’s first Mars payload as early as 2030, part of a broader strategy to accelerate its participation in international deep-space exploration. At a briefing in Seoul, the Korea Aerospace Administration [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) —Korean Air Co. said Monday it will adopt a zero tolerance policy toward passengers who tamper with aircraft emergency exits, warning that it will seek criminal charges against violators to strengthen aviation safety. The country’s flag carrier said it is responding to a rise in such incidents, which pose a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — All 12 cube satellites deployed by South Korea’s homegrown rocket Nuri last month have established communication with ground stations, their developers said Monday, setting a new milestone following the successful fourth launch of the space rocket. The 200-ton Nuri blasted off from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co. and its four affiliated airlines said Friday they will adopt SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service on their flights starting next year. Korean Air and four other airlines — full-service carrier Asiana Airlines Inc. and low-cost carriers Jin Air Co., Air Busan Co. and Air Seoul Inc. — [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co. and Hyundai Rotem Co. said Wednesday they will jointly develop a reusable 35-ton-class methane rocket engine — a core technology for next-generation launch vehicles — by October 2030 under a government-backed 49 billion-won (US$33 million) program. Under the program, overseen by the Korea Research Institute for [...]
GOYANG, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Aerospace University (KAU) announced Monday that its research team has successfully completed what it says is the world’s first solar-powered UAV flight test on the Antarctic continent, marking a milestone for autonomous aviation in extreme environments. The test flights, conducted Nov. 8–17 near South Korea’s Jang Bogo Station with [...]
JEJU, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea took a major step toward expanding its private-sector space industry on Tuesday as Hanwha Systems opened the nation’s largest commercial satellite manufacturing complex on Jeju Island. The new Hanwha Jeju Space Center, located in Seogwipo’s Hawon Techno Campus, spans 30,000 square meters—roughly the size of four soccer fields—and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Arirang 7, South Korea’s multipurpose satellite, has successfully communicated with a ground station after lifting off from a space center in South America, the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Also known as the Korea Multipurpose Satellite 7, the satellite made contact with Russia’s Antarctic ground station at 3:30 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has created an interministerial task force to spearhead the development of an advanced aircraft engine for its next-generation fighter jets, an effort aimed at joining the small group of nations capable of producing such high-end defense technology, government officials said on Friday. The new body brings together [...]
GOHEUNG, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The successful fourth launch of South Korea’s Nuri rocket has renewed attention on the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province — the country’s first and only launch site, and the core of its rapidly expanding space ambitions. Opened in 2009 on Oenarodo Island, the Naro Space Center serves [...]