SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to launch its first military surveillance satellite in November under a project to deploy a total of five such satellites by the mid-2020s, the state arms procurement said Friday. In a briefing to the National Assembly’s defense committee, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) unveiled the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest 1.6 trillion won (US$1.37 billion) in the next 10 years to secure core technologies for satellite development in the defense sector, the arms procurement agency said Thursday. The plan is part of a series of measures aimed at upgrading the country’s defense capabilities in [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first military communications satellite successfully reached its final position in the geostationary orbit Friday, 10 days after its liftoff, the arms procurement agency said. The Anasis-II, launched last week from Florida atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket manufactured by U.S commercial space firm SpaceX, arrived at [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first military communications satellite was successfully launched into space Monday, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said, making the country the world’s 10th to own a communications satellite for military purposes only. The Anasis-II satellite lifted off atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket manufactured by U.S commercial space [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first military communications satellite could be launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center next month, according to a U.S. news report. This project is part of the arrangement to offset South Korea’s purchase of F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin. The Anasis-II satellite could lift off [...]