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S. Korean Military Salvages Sunken N. Korean Space Rocket Wreckage

S. Korean Military Salvages Sunken N. Korean Space Rocket Wreckage

SEOUL/PYEONGTAEK, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military has retrieved a sunken part of an ill-fated North Korean space rocket from the Yellow Sea, officials said Friday, capping a weekslong salvage operation hamstrung by poor underwater visibility, fast currents and other obstacles. It raised the wreckage, presumed to be part of the rocket’s [...]

S. Korean Startup to Construct Offshore Rocket Launch Platform in Jeju

S. Korean Startup to Construct Offshore Rocket Launch Platform in Jeju

SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean space service startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Jeju provincial government to construct and operate the country’s first offshore launch platform. Perigee has been working on the development of BW-1, a rocket that uses liquid methane as [...]

Satellite Imagery Shows Fuel Tanker Trucks at N. Korea’s Rocket Launch Pad

Satellite Imagery Shows Fuel Tanker Trucks at N. Korea’s Rocket Launch Pad

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent satellite imagery shows the arrival of tanker trucks at the launch pad of North Korea’s rocket site in an indication that the communist nation is forging ahead with a planned rocket launch, a North Korea-monitoring website said Friday. The imagery taken of the North’s Sohae or Dongchang-ri site [...]