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 [...]
GOHEUNG, South Korea, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s homegrown space ambitions took another decisive step forward early Thursday, when its Nuri rocket rose from a seaside launchpad on the nation’s southern coast and carried 13 satellites into orbit — a predawn ascent that officials hailed as a milestone for the country’s growing private-sector space ecosystem. [...]
MUAN, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Jeolla Province is celebrating a wave of high-profile successes — from attracting global data centers and fusion research facilities to the successful launch of the Nuri rocket — cementing its ambitions to become South Korea’s “energy capital.” Early Thursday morning, the country’s first privately built Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket lifted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will gain new regional air links to the United Arab Emirates under a fresh aviation agreement reached on the sidelines of an international transport conference, the government said Sunday, marking a significant expansion of routes between the two countries. At the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Air Services Negotiation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) defense company to cooperate in the aerospace sector. The agreement with EDGE Platforms and Systems, a unit of the UAE’s defense conglomerate EDGE [...]