Freed Of Motor Limit, South Korea Can Lift Launch Capability

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett August 06, 2020
lunar landing design
KARI’s design for a lunar lander.
Credit: KARI
More and improved South Korean space launchers can be developed following the removal of a restriction on solid-propellant motors agreed upon with the U.S. One result will be increasing the capability of the KSLV-2 launcher and undertaking a fully indigenous mission to the Moon, including a lander...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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