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The ROK Air Force will perform joint drills with the U.S. Space Force under an 2021-08-27 agreement signed between ROK Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho and U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In July 2021, the ROK Air Force asked Korean Air and Seoul National University to conduct joint research on the feasibility of using modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft for air-launching space rockets and orbital vehicles.
Under the Space Odyssey 2050 strategy, the ROK Air Force plans to add a satellite laser tracking system, a space object laser tracking system, small satellite launchers, and a satellite jamming system to its space assets by the late-2020s.
The ROK Air Force has improved its space situational awareness capabilities since 2017 through joint projects with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.
Park Ki-tae is the inaugural chief of the ROK Air Force’s Space Operations Center, which launched in September 2021.
Under the 2021-08-27 agreement, the Republic of Korea Air Force will join U.S. Space Force-led joint military drills aimed at bolstering defense capabilities in outer space.
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond and Republic of Korea Air Force chief of staff Gen. Park In-ho reached an agreement on 2021-08-27 at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado to strengthen bilateral space partnership.
The decision for the Republic of Korea Air Force to join U.S. Space Force–led joint military drills was made during an 2021-08-27 meeting between Gen. Park In-ho and U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Korean Air is developing technologies to launch small satellites from its Boeing 747-400 cargo planes.
An agreement was reached on 2021-08-27 during a bilateral meeting between Republic of Korea Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In 2012, Korean Air developed and assembled South Korea’s first space launch vehicle, Naro (KSLV-1).
On 2021-06-23, 20 engineers and officials from Korean Air, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and NDT Engineering & Aerospace met at the Korean Air R&D Center in Daejeon to discuss development plans, a future roadmap, and the scope of cooperation.
Korean Air has a KRW 32 billion budget to form an industry and academic consortium to develop common bulkhead propellant tanks for smallsat launch vehicles by 2026.
The developed common bulkhead propellant tank will be used as a major component of a 500 kg smallsat launch vehicle being developed by Korean Air and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
Korean Air developed and assembled South Korea’s first space launch vehicle, KSLV-1, in 2012.
Korean Air has formed an industry and academic consortium with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, NDT Engineering and Aerospace, and Korea Aerospace University to develop common bulkhead propellant tanks for small satellite launch vehicles by 2026 with a budget of 32 billion won.