Demo Flight

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit ADD Offshore launch platform Sea Launch

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.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 22, 2026, 3:01 a.m.

Delayed to NET May.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 17, 2026, 2:58 a.m.

Delayed to NET April 25 due to launch site weather.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 11, 2026, 3:26 p.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; payload details TBD.


South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

Family:
Configuration:

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Agency for Defense Development

Agency for Defense Development

(ADD)

Founded: 1970 Successes: 1 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

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.

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