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Spacecraft · Korea South

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South Korean civilian surveillance satellite. Study 2015. South Korean indigenously-designed, multipurpose 1500 kg sun-synchronous orbit satellite, to be lofted by KSLV-III by 2015.

A 1000-kg prototype testbed was to be placed in a low-earth orbit by a KSLV-II booster in 2010.

Launch Vehicles
KSLV
Agency
KARI