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2025: First commercial South Korean missile crashes just after launch
On December 22, 2025, immediately after the launch, the first South Korean commercial rocket Hanbit-Nano, a local company Innospace, crashed. As a result of the accident, five small satellites were lost for customers from Brazil and India, as well as three additional payloads to demonstrate technology. Read more here
2023: Sixth in number of moon landings and approaches - 1 time
2022: South Korea becomes world's seventh nation with satellites in orbit
June 21, 2022 South Korea on a rocket of its own design for the first time managed to bring satellites into space. It became the seventh country in the world capable of launching a satellite weighing 1 ton or more into orbit, joining,,,, and USA Russia France. To China Japan India More. here
2021: South Korea launches its first launch vehicle into space
On October 21, 2021, the first launch vehicle of its own production was launched in South Korea. It launched from the Naro cosmodrome in the province of Jeolla Namdo. A rocket called Nuri successfully entered orbit and separated the model of the payload, but it failed to launch an artificial satellite weighing 1.5 tons into orbit. Read more here.
