South Korea's national space agency, founded in 1989 and headquartered in the Daedeok Science Town area of Daejeon. Developed the Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket, South Korea's first indigenously built satellite launch vehicle, which reached orbit in 2022; its first stage uses four clustered engines, each producing 75 metric tons of thrust, with all three stages built on domestically developed rocket engines.
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Agency TypeNational civilian space agency 1 Founded Year HeadquartersDaedeok Science Town, Daejeon, South Korea 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationKorea Aerospace Research Institute (Wikipedia) - lead summary
The agency was founded in 1989.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Wikipedia) - headquarters
Daejeon, specifically in the Daedeok Science Town area
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Wikipedia) - agency type
South Korea launched its next rocket, the KSLV-2 in 2021
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, lead section (alias)
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI; Korean: Hanguk hanggong uju yeonguwon), established in 1989, is the aeronautics and space agency of South Korea
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Operates: Nuri (KSLV-II)
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