South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

In-active

Agency for Defense Development (ADD)

None

Description

Specifications

Stages
4
Length
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Diameter
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Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
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Thrust
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Family

Name
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Agency for Defense Development

Government

None

ADD 1970

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.

Upcoming Spaceflights

South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight

Agency for Defense Development | South Korea
Sea Launch
April 22, 2026

Status: To Be Confirmed

Mission:

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.

Low Earth Orbit

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