Geschrieben von Muad'Dib am 03.12.2023 um 13:59:
SpaceX successfully launches the Korea 425 top secret mission with 25 smallsats on boardUPDATE: SpaceX successfully launches the Korea 425 top secret mission with 25 smallsats on board
english news: https://news.satnews.com/2023/12/01/update-spacex-successfully-launches-the-korea-425-top-secret-mission-with-25-smallsats-on-board/
... This is the first launch, at the cost of $52 million, of five top secret reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with one satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope.
The other four synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. ...
Quelle: satnews . com
PS: Es wird (wieder) heiss rund um die koreanische DMZ!!!