SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s small satellite designed to measure space radiation will take part in the Artemis II mission, a U.S.-led moon exploration program, the Korean space agency said Friday. Under an agreement between the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the K-RadCube, a [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — LIG Nex1 Co., a major South Korean defense and aerospace company, said Thursday it has signed a 320.7 billion-won (US$224 million) deal to develop the Chollian Satellite 5, South Korea’s next-generation geostationary weather satellite. The satellite project will be carried out in collaboration with the Korea Meteorological Administration, the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully launched its fourth homegrown military spy satellite from a U.S. space base in Florida, the defense ministry said Tuesday, in efforts to strengthen its independent surveillance capabilities on North Korea. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the spy satellite, lifted off at 8:48 p.m. Monday (U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, said Thursday it will join hands with defense firm LIG Co. Nex1 to develop propriety technologies for homegrown low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop core technologies for LEO satellites, including a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first indigenous military spy satellite launched in December has passed a combat suitability evaluation, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday, in a feat bolstering the country’s space reconnaissance capabilities against North Korean threats. Following its launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last year, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said Friday it has signed a deal with U.S. space firm SpaceX to launch South Korea’s next-generation midsized satellite No. 2 in 2025. It marks KAI’s second deal with SpaceX following a similar arrangement for the launch of the next-generation midsized satellite No. 4 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the air force to enhance its combat posture to immediately respond to military threats by enemies, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday. Kim made the remark during a visit to the Air Force Command on Thursday on the occasion of the Day [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and ICT unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday it plans to launch a small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite within the year. The company said it plans to deploy the self-developed SAR satellite into space over the southern waters of Jeju Island [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, one day after North Korea’s latest launch of a military spy satellite. The USS Santa Fe (SSN-763), a Los Angeles-class submarine, entered the Jeju Naval Base on the southern resort island in the morning, the South Korean Navy said, [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Groundbreaking technology leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) has been developed to analyze satellite images to estimate economic indicators in impoverished nations, including North Korea. This innovation is poised to play a crucial role in monitoring countries with limited access to basic statistical data. On Tuesday, KAIST announced the successful development of [...]