IT House News on April 10, according to Yonhap News Agency, officials in Seoul, South Korea said on the 10th that South Korea plans to 2023Launched its first homegrown spy satellite on a rocket of US commercial aerospace company SpaceX, a project aimed at reaching 2025Put five such satellites into orbit.
According to reports, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and the Korea Defense Development Agency haveSigned a contract with SpaceXwill use the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch the first 800kg spy satellite in the United States in 2023, and the rest will be launched in 2025.
In 2017, South Korea launched value 1.2 trillion won(approximately 6.228 billion yuan) acquisition projects to enhance reconnaissance capabilities and reduce reliance on foreign intelligence sources. Under the defense project, Seoul plans to operate four synthetic aperture radars, using radio waves and electro-optical infrared versions. Once the satellites are operational, they are expected to strengthen South Korea’s overall defense system.
IT House learned that on October 21 last year, South Korea successfully launched the country’s most powerful “World” (Nuri) rocket from the second launch pad at the Nao Cosmos Center in Heung County, Jeollanam-do, but failed to launch the rocket. The payload is sent to the predetermined orbit, South Korea plans to this year June 15Attempt to do a second launch.
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