South Korean Spaceflight

Anybody know what this is? I've seen, "space launcher" but it doesn't look like any launch vehicle I've ever seen. Almost looks like a toy with those big fixed fins. Test vehicle?

 
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Having a little camera under the water looking up at that exhaust would be cool. A first.
 
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch five spy satellites by 2025, with the first launch on a Falcon 9 rocket by the end of 2023.

A spokeswoman for the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) confirmed the deal April 11, saying the 2023 launch would deliver an 800-kilogram electro-optical infrared satellite to low Earth orbit.

“The deal was made to launch five satellites involved in the ‘425 project,’” DAPA spokeswoman Park Geun-young told SpaceNews, referring to a space-based reconnaissance project the defense ministry launched in 2018 for closer monitoring of North Korea’s military activities. Under the project, five satellites — four synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and one featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope — will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The spokeswoman declined to share the terms and conditions of the deal, as well as launch schedules for the other four satellites.
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South Korea hires SpaceX to launch five spy satellites by 2025

South Korea hires SpaceX to launch five spy satellites by 2025
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South Korean company INNOSPACE has unveiled its Hanbit-TLV "한빛-TLV" rocket which is in the testing phase before being shipped to Brazil for launch later this year. The rocket has a height of 16.3 meters and an engine thrust of 15 tons.
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첫 민간 우주로켓 발사 성큼..국산 심장 장착한 '한빛-TLV' 공개

‘한빛-TLV’가 기립한 모습.(사진=강민구 기자) [이데일리 강민구 기자] “기립을 시작합니다.” 이동식 통합발사시스템 옆 통제실에서 한 직원이 안내하자 누워져 있던 로켓이 서서히 올라가기 시작했다. 20여 분이
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Some $70 million is budgeted for work on the Korean Positioning System, a constellation of eight navigation satellites South Korea aims to deploy between 2027 and 2034. Satellite production is expected to begin in 2024 after completing work this year on core navigation technology.
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South Korea’s double-digit space budget boost - SpaceNews

South Korea is boosting its space spending this year by 19% over 2021 levels as it seeks to bounce back from October’s failed attempt to prove it can put up a satellite without Russian rocket hardware.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1539420820019232770
View: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1539420820019232770


Reconstructing the trajectory of South Korea's Nuri launch this morning, it appears the first and second stags flew on a 170 deg azimuth path towards a ~72 deg inclination orbit, and then the third stage yawed to change direction to the final 98 deg sun-sync orbit
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1539421526096748546
View: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1539421526096748546


If they had instead flown directly towards a 98 deg orbit, lower stages might have impacted near Taiwan and the Phillipines, which is presumably why this less energy-efficient approach was taken.
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