Mission Log

Launch Provider

Agency for Defense Development

Country

South Korea

Founded

1970

Launch Record

1 success

The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is the South Korean national agency for research and development in defense technology, funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Its purpose is contributing to enforcing the national defence, to improving the national R&D capacity, and to fostering the domestic defense industry.

Type

Test Flight

Target Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

Mass to LEO

500.0 kg

Reusable

No

Launch Success

0

Mir (Korean for a kind of dragon, and previously only known as "Solid-fuel space launch vehicle") is a South Korean military developed small satellite launch vehicle for "quick response" usage. First orbital test launch in December 2023 omits the 2nd stage but still carries satellite into orbit.

ADD Offshore launch platform, Sea Launch

Offshore launch platform for the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle.