SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle on Friday, the defense ministry said, nine months after its first test of the homegrown rocket. The state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) carried out the test as part of efforts to strengthen “independent” space-based reconnaissance [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is seeking to conduct a full-fledged solid-fuel space rocket launch in 2025, a government researcher said Monday, following its major performance test last week. The country is aiming to launch the rocket to place a 500-kilogram experimental satellite into a low Earth orbit at an altitude of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to embark on a civilian-military project next year to design a solid-fuel space launch vehicle under a broad initiative to develop the country’s space defense industry, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. At a policy forum, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) unveiled the initiative [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to develop and launch an indigenous solid-propellant space rocket by 2024, officials said Thursday, following the successful combustion test of its engine in July. According to the defense ministry, the state-run Agency for Defense Development successfully conducted the combustion test of a solid-propellant engine for space [...]