HANBIT-Nano
ActiveInnospace (IS)
Dec. 23, 2025
Description
Two-stage launch vehicle developed by South Korean space startup Innospace.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
21.8 m -
Diameter
1.4 m -
Fairing Diameter
1.4 m -
Launch Mass
18.8 T -
Thrust
245.0 kN
Family
-
Name
HANBIT-Nano -
Family
― -
Variant
Nano -
Alias
― -
Full Name
HANBIT-Nano
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
― -
Low Earth Orbit
― -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
― -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
90.0 kg
Innospace
Private
CEO: Kim Soo-jong
IS 2017Innospace is a South Korean startup company specializing in developing hybrid space rocket.
Upcoming Spaceflights
HANBIT-Nano | Flight 2
Innospace | South KoreaAlcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
TBD September, 2026
HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward
Innospace | South KoreaAlcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil
Dec. 23, 2025, 1:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean start-up Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru.
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