South Korea plans to launch its first homegrown spy satellite in 2023 atop a rocket from U.S. commercial space firm SpaceX under a project to place five such satellites into orbit by 2025, Seoul officials said Sunday.
The state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Agency for Defense Development have signed contracts with SpaceX to use the Falcon 9 rocket for their first 800 kilogram satellite launch in the U.S. that is scheduled to occur in 2023 as well as for the remainder by the target year, according to agency officials.
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