launched from South Korea

S-STEP

Success
DEC 04202305:00:00 UTC

Third test flight of the solid-fuel rocket developed by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development, and the first to carry a working satellite; the 2022 flight carried a dummy. It launched from a barge about 4 km south of Jeju Island.

The 100 kg synthetic aperture radar satellite, built by Hanwha Systems, reached an orbit of about 650 km and sent signals to its ground station.

launched from Jeju

aboard Mir TV2 into LEO

Payload

S-STEP (Doory-Sat)

Technology demonstration

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