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Development of Korea Space Launch Vehicle Program
Development of Korea Space Launch Vehicle Program
Directorate for National Strategic R&D Programs
Develop vehicles to launch 1.5-ton practical satellites into a low Earth orbit and secure space launch vehicle technology
Eligibility: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Period: Mar. 2010 – Mar. 2022
Support details
(Stage 1) Develop 7-ton liquid engine and build test equipment
(Stage 2) Develop 75-ton liquid engine and launch a test vehicle
(Stage 3) Develop technology for clustering four 75-ton engines and launch Korean vehicles twice
Funding: KRW 1.9572 trillion (USD 1.779 billion*) per project
* approximation based on exchange rate of 1 USD = 1,100 KRW
CHO, Seongho; Space Development (shcho16@nrf.re.kr)
No call for new projects in 2019