The South Korean military’s third reconnaissance satellite was successfully launched.
The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 21st that the 3rd Korean military reconnaissance satellite, launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA, successfully entered the mission orbit and succeeded in communicating with the ground.
Military reconnaissance satellite No. 3 was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon-9 spacecraft at approximately 3:34 am on the 21st (8:34 pm local time, Korean time).
Unit 1 was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US on December 2 last year, and Unit 2 was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in the US on April 8 this year.
The Ministry of National Defense plans to launch up to five military reconnaissance satellites into space by 2025 through the ‘425 Project’, with a total budget of 1.2 trillion won.
The satellite consists of four radio detection radar (SAR) satellites and one optical satellite.
These satellites are the core assets of the ‘kill chain’, which is used to detect threats from the North Korean military, including nuclear missile bases, in real time and strike preemptively if necessary.
Once these satellites are all in space, our military will be able to observe North Korea’s movements approximately every two hours.
In addition, the military is also pursuing a plan to completely eliminate the two-hour time interval by developing and launching 51 small constellation satellites.
In addition, once Project 425 is successfully completed, there are plans to implement a follow-up project to launch 12 additional large reconnaissance satellites by investing an additional 3 trillion won.
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