우주항공청
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) is a South Korean government-funded space agency established in May 2024. KASA's aim is to become one of the top five leading space agencies, with goals that include developing the KSLV-III rocket and landing spacecraft on the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045. KASA collaborates with international partners like NASA and the Saudi Space Agency (SSA) on space exploration, science, and aeronautics. Key focuses include lunar exploration, deep space technology, satellite launches, and fostering the domestic space industry.
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The upper stage is expected to deploy four CubeSats from Argentina's Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, Germany Space Agency, Korea AeroSpace Administration, and Saudi Space Agency for scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
KASA’s 2025 R&D funding increase is aimed at building a reusable rocket, GEO communications satellites, lunar spacecraft, and a microsatellite swarm.
South Korea’s space agency KASA unveiled a 43% increase in R&D funding at the beginning of 2025.
The timing of the follow-up launch will be finalised after corrective measures are completed and launch authorisation is received from KASA.
CENIPA told INNOSPACE and KASA that intellectual property related to the launch vehicle would be protected during the investigation.
CENIPA told INNOSPACE and KASA that the investigation would follow technical and independent principles aimed at preventing recurrence.
CENIPA told INNOSPACE and South Korea’s space regulator KASA that the inquiry was intended to improve operational safety rather than determine legal liability.
INNOSPACE plans to conduct a follow-up launch in Brazil in the third quarter of 2026 after receiving launch authorization from the Korea Aerospace Administration.
The Naro Space Center is government-owned and prioritized for the Korea Aerospace Administration’s Nuri launch vehicle.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration and the Korea AeroSpace Administration will evaluate flight-ready hardware for the SAR program in October 2026.
The launch is the first Nuri launch since the founding of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) in 2024.
Korea Aerospace Administration administrator Yoon Young-bin indicated that a seventh launch in 2028 is possible if funding is secured.
The mission of the Kompsat 7 satellite is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA), KARI, and KASA, the space agencies of South Korea.
Korea Aerospace Administration successfully launched the Nuri rocket from the Naro Space Center on November 27, 2025.
The Nuri rocket's fourth launch carried 13 satellites, including the KASA Earth Observation Satellite Compact Advanced Satellite 500 3.
According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KASA), CAS500-3 aims to study auroras and atmospheric phenomena known as 'airglow'.
KASA Administrator Yoon Young-bin stated that the launch of the Nuri rocket was significant as it was the first launch after KASA was established and the first collaboration with a private system integrator for overall manufacturing and assembly.
The fourth launch of the Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket, which will carry ETRISat along with 12 other satellites, will be the first since the establishment of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) in 2024.
The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) oversees the NURI rocket program.
The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) is involved in the NURI rocket launch.