https://spacewatch.global/tag/korea-aerospace-industries/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 13 Apr 2022 06:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/korea-aerospace-industries/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/south-korea-contracts-spacex-to-launch-five-military-satellites/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40421 South Korea signed a contract with SpaceX to launch five of its spy satellites by 2025, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) confirmed. The first launch will take place by the end of 2023 onboard of a Falcon 9 rocket, delivering an 800-kg electro-optical infrared satellite to low Earth orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/03/iran-space-agency-applies-five-geostationary-orbital-slots-ka-ku-band-communications-satellites/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3641 The Iran Space Agency (ISA) announced on March 1, 2017, that it had applied to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for five geostationary (GEO) orbital slots for Ka- and Ku-band communications satellites. The announcement was made on the ISA website, and provided no details about when it expects to fill the orbital slots it has […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/four-countries-interested-building-irans-national-communication-satellite/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:00:03 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1639 According to Iran’s Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, satellite manufacturers from four countries have expressed interest in building Iran’s National Communication Satellite (NCS). The announcement by Minister Vaezi came after he revealed that a contract had been signed with an unnamed Russian satellite manufacturer for Tehran’s National Remote Sensing Satellite (NRSS). While Minister […]]]>