South Korea Launches Satellite By Solid-Fuel Rocket

Kim Minseok December 04, 2023
South Korean Hanhwa Aerospace rocket launch

A South Korean orbital launcher lifts off from a barge near Jeju Island on Dec. 4.

Credit: Hanwha Aerospace
A private company launched a remote sensing satellite on a solid-fuel rocket from the sea south of Jeju Island on Dec. 4, South Korea’s Ministry of Defense says. South Korea’s space satellite rocket program has three main components: the KSLV-II “Nuri” liquid-fuel rocket led by the Korea Aerospace...
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.

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