The fifth army reconnaissance satellite tv for pc, prototype-produced by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), was launched on from Cape Canaveral House Power Station in Florida, USA, on Nov. 2 (native time), utilizing SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch automobile.
The satellite tv for pc launch is a part of the 425 Venture, an initiative to safe nationwide protection surveillance and reconnaissance satellites by clustering high-performance artificial aperture radar (SAR) satellites and electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) equipment-equipped satellites. SAR satellites can seize photos utilizing radar electromagnetic waves, overcoming the constraints of current optical satellites that use seen mild, enabling 24-hour all-weather imaging with out constraints from climate or day/evening environmental circumstances.
The efficiently launched fifth reconnaissance satellite tv for pc is the fifth medium-sized reconnaissance satellite tv for pc with excessive effectivity and excessive decision, following the first EO·IR satellite tv for pc efficiently launched in December 2023, and the SAR satellites (2nd to 4th) efficiently launched thrice from 2024 to this yr.
KAI signed a contract with the Company for Protection Growth (ADD) for the prototype manufacturing of SAR satellites and has been taking part in a pivotal function within the general improvement, together with satellite tv for pc environmental testing, manufacturing, and launch, because the SAR satellite tv for pc prototype producer since 2018.
KAI, which participated on this undertaking led by ADD because the system supervisor, contributed to enabling our army to safe unbiased space-based reconnaissance capabilities to gather observational knowledge of main areas of curiosity. It’s also getting ready for follow-up tasks to constantly preserve the unbiased surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the Korean army.
Lately, KAI expanded its area enterprise by establishing the primary non-public 4-ton class giant thermal vacuum chamber at its headquarters area middle in July, making a system base able to concurrently testing small to giant satellites. Sooner or later, it plans to moreover safe electromagnetic wave take a look at amenities to finish an area middle able to conducting the whole satellite tv for pc improvement course of from “design-production-environmental testing” in a single cease, which shall be utilized for follow-up tasks.
Kim Ji-hong, director of KAI’s Future Fusion Expertise Institute, emphasised, “As Korea’s consultant area specialist firm, KAI will speed up area realization by increasing its enterprise to satellites, reusable launch autos, and area providers.”
