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No, we can set up semiconductor plants all by ourselves, even if it takes some time, but rocket engine technology is a crown jewel
I still believe we should try JV and such with other countries in semiconductor that's the only thing we can't produce in mass scale locally
28 Nm is not enough
 

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Makes sense,back to soko,do you think their payload/kg launch cost would be less than isro/indian pvt. Players?
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And no explanation needed.
Wait a minute they are going for a gslv mk3 class rocket in 2040 ? And the Turks want a gslv class rocket in 2030 @Vamsi @Indx TechStyle
Am I missing something?
Koreans want and can produce a GSLV Mk3 class rocket in 2030. Turks cannot produce SSLV class rocket even in next 10-15 years.
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He was an idiot.
Koreans can do it, but Turks cannot, Rocket engines are not bayraktar drones
Bayraktar drones are mere assemblies. Beyond all the PR, Turkey imports sub components from Europe and assembles. It's aerospace industry is sub par to produce independently or even partially independently a manned aircraft, an IRBM or an SLV.
Yeah still 20 years to get where we are at now ?
We should try to exchange some tech rocket engine in trade of some semiconductor plants
No, neither we would get away with proliferating missile & launch technology nor US will actually allow them to transfer semiconductor tech which is highly strategic in nature.

China or India gaining monopoly or even a good control on global chip supply chains will be a nightmare of any other great power as it finishes their chances.
I still believe we should try JV and such with other countries in semiconductor that's the only thing we can't produce in mass scale locally
28 Nm is not enough
We will remain like this for 2-3 decades till we gain commercial scale chip fabrication capabilities of our own. All JVs in things like Aero engines and semiconductors will never move beyond lip service.
No, we can set up semiconductor plants all by ourselves, even if it takes some time, but rocket engine technology is a crown jewel
Both are equally important jewels of their own league. We focused on one and didn't on another (and another had strings attached too given US governance over global semiconductor supply chains).
 
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But in thier poster it's written 2030 are they making a cluster of engines to make the gslv class rocket ?
Yes they are. They are not planning to develop new engine everytime like we did. So, their progress will be a bit faster till reaching GSLV Mk III capacity but they will need bigger cryo and semi cryo engines after that.
What's thier current capacity now ?
Are they catching up with us ?
They have at least reduced the gap if not near catching up with us.
Their current capacity is 1500 kg to LEO which is equal to PSLV-CA version, a respectable capacity.
They are hence are now well ahead of Iran, Israel and North Korea and can't be called a small space power.
Any 1.5 tonnes capacity vehicle can do wonders if used correctly.
 

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South Korean lunar mission Danuri shows stunning Earth view from Moon
Dubbed Danuri, which means enjoy the moon in Korean, the probe has been developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
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Earth on December 24 at 344 km above the moon. (Photo: KARI)
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  • The images were part of the authentication shots
  • The images reveal big craters on the surface of the Moon
  • The two images were captured on Christmas eve and on December 28 last year
: The images of Earth rising behind the crescent Moon amazed us all when the Artemis-1 mission beamed those images, but wait there is more. As the rush begins around the lunar orbit, South Korea's Danuri has snapped stunning images from above the lunar surface showing Earth in full view.
The images were part of the authentication shots of the lunar sky taken using the high-resolution camera (LUTI) mounted on the spacecraft. The images reveal big craters on the surface of the Moon as the probe lowers down. The two images were captured on Christmas eve and December 28 last year from an altitude of 344 km and 124 kilometers above the Moon.
Dubbed Danuri, which means enjoy the moon in Korean, the probe has been developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and will conduct observations flying at an altitude of 100 km above the lunar surface. This is the first lunar mission by South Korea, which recently developed a space rocket launch capability.

Earth as seen on December 28 at 124 km above the moon. (Photo: KARI)
The mission features a boxy, solar-powered satellite designed to skim just 100 kilometers above the lunar surface, during which it will collect geologic and other data for at least a year from this low polar orbit. Built at nearly $180 million, the spacecraft is carrying six science instruments, including a camera for Nasa. It’s designed to peer into the permanently shadowed, ice-filled craters at the lunar poles.
The probe was launched aboard SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket in early August 2022 and used the gravity of the Sun and Earth to travel to the Moon. The 678-kilogram probe has an expected lifetime of one year around the Moon and will orbit in a circular orbit at an altitude of 100 km and a 90-degree inclination angle.
The Moon is set to be the next big target for countries across the world with India, Russia, and Japan planning to launch new lunar missions later this year or next.
 

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Next KSLV launch scheduled for 10th May 2023 with foreign payloads (transferred from earlier planned Soyuz launcher due to Russo-Ukraine war).
 

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Korean probe Danuri sends stunning images of craters on the Moon
The images were beamed back by the probe in April and show four craters on Moon - Tsiolkovsky crater, Schrödinger Valley, Wichmann Crater, and the Szilard M Crater.
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Tsiolkovsky crater video taken with a high-resolution camera on Danuri. (Photo: KARI)
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  • The images were beamed back by the probe in April
  • The Tsiolkovsky crater is on the far side of the Moon
  • KARI has been tasked to conduct lunar observations
Months after it entered into lunar orbit, South Korea's Danuri spacecraft has beamed back incredibly detailed images of the craters on the Moon.
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) spacecraft operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has sent four images of the lunar surface as it continues to orbit the Moon. The images reveal not just craters but also surface features on the Moon wrapped in regolith (lunar soil and dust).
The images were beamed back by the probe in April and show four craters on Moon - Tsiolkovsky crater, Schr¶dinger Valley, Wichmann Crater, and the Szilard M Crater.

Schrodinger Valley video taken with a high-resolution camera. (Photo: Kari)
The Tsiolkovsky crater is on the far side of the Moon, 128.5 degrees east longitude and 20.5 degrees south latitude on the Moon. The crater was earlier pictured by the Apollo-13 mission astronauts, who had to cancel their scheduled lunar landing because of an explosion of oxygen tank number two in the Service Module (SM).
The images were captured by the high-resolution camera onboard the Danuri spacecraft, which was then processed before being released.

The Wichmann Crater on the Moon was captured with a polarization camera. (Photo: Kari)
The spacecraft had in January sent incredible images of Earth rising behind the crescent Moon. The images were part of the authentication shots of the lunar sky taken using the high-resolution camera (LUTI) mounted on the spacecraft, which revealed reveal big craters on the surface of the Moon as the probe lowers down.
KARI has been tasked to conduct lunar observations while flying at an altitude of just 100 kilometers above the surface of the Moon. This is the first lunar mission by South Korea, which recently developed a space rocket launch capability.

The Szilard M Crater video taken with a high-resolution camera. (Photo: Kari)
Built at nearly $180 million, the spacecraft is carrying six science instruments, including a camera for Nasa. It’s designed to peer into the permanently shadowed, ice-filled craters at the lunar poles.
 

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South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket set to launch May 24
South Korea plans to conduct four more launches, including the upcoming one, through 2027 to improve the rocket’s technical reliability.
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket blasts off from a seaside launchpad.
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket blasts off from the launchpad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, June 21, 2022. Credit: Ministry of Science and ICT
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s homegrown KSLV-2 rocket is slated to launch May 24, carrying a 180-kilogram technology demonstration satellite and seven cubesats.
The mission, announced this week by South Korea’s science ministry, comes 11 months after the KSLV-2’s first successful satellite launch and 19 months after its partially successful debut.
If everything goes as planned, the kerosene and liquid oxygen-fueled rocket will lift off May 24 from South Korea’s Naro Space Center at 6:24 p.m. local time or 5:24 a.m. Eastern. An eight-day launch window for the mission closes May 31, according to an April 11 statement from the science ministry, which manages the nation’s civil space programs.
KSLV-2 can send up to 1.9 tons of payload to a 700-kilometer low Earth orbit, with a cluster of four KRE-075 engines in the first-stage booster, a KRE-075 engine in the second stage, and a KRE-007 engine in the third stage.
South Korea plans to conduct four more launches, including the upcoming one, through 2027 to improve the rocket’s technical reliability.
In its October 2021 debut, KSLV-2 reached its intended 700-kilometer altitude, but the rocket’s third-stage engine shut down early, releasing its 1,500-kilogram dummy payload at less than orbital speed. The anomaly was later blamed on improperly anchored helium tanks inside the upper stage.
KSLV-2’s second launch fared better, putting a performance test satellite and four smaller student satellites into low Earth orbit in June 2022.
“The rocket’s third launch is very meaningful as it marks the first trial to launch working-level satellites,” said Oh Tae-seog, vice science minister, in the statement.
KSLV-2 will carry eight satellites on the upcoming launch.
The primary payload is NEXTSat 2, a 180-kilogram technology demonstration satellite developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
The seven other satellites, all manufactured domestically, are: a 4-kilogram Earth-observation technology demonstration cubesat JLC-101-v1-2; a 10-kilogram cosmic radiation monitoring cubesat Lumir-T1; a 6-kilogram earth observation and weather monitoring cubesat KSAT3U; and SNIPE, a constellation consisting of four 6U cubesats to identify temporal and spatial variation of small-scale plasma structures in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
The satellites’ deployment will begin about 13 minutes after liftoff to ensure their operation at the target altitude of 550 kilometers, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, South Korea is developing a next-generation launch vehicle, KSLV-3. The kerosene and liquid oxygen-fueled two-stage vehicle is expected to debut in 2030. Its first stage will have a cluster of five 100-ton thrust multi-stage combustion cycle engines, and the upper stage with two 10-ton thrust multi-stage combustion cycle engines. The two engines and rocket hardware will be developed by the state-funded Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in collaboration with an industry partner that will be selected by September.
The KSLV-3 will be capable of delivering up to 10 tons of payload to low Earth orbit; 7 tons to sun-synchronous orbit; 3.7 tons to geostationary transfer orbit; and 1.8 tons to lunar transfer orbit. South Korea plans to launch a domestically developed robotic lunar lander on KSLV-3 by 2032.
 

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South Korea cancels third launch of homegrown rocket due to technical problems
SEOUL, May 24 (Reuters) - South Korea cancelled the third flight of its homegrown space rocket on Wednesday because of technical problems hours before a launch that was meant to mark a significant step in its burgeoning space programme.
South Korea is aspiring to be a key player in space technology, competing with its Asian neighbours.
The technical glitches are most likely communication errors between computers that control a helium relief valve, officials say. The vehicle itself does not show any problems, so it will remain on the launch pad for a rescheduled test.
South Korea's deputy science minister, Oh Tae-seok, told a briefing that a meeting on Thursday would decide when another launch could take place, perhaps as early as Thursday afternoon.
In June 2022, the country successfully launched its domestically produced Nuri rocket and placed working and dummy satellites into orbit in its second test.
The third test would be the first to load and launch a commercial-grade satellite aboard the Nuri vehicle, standing on the pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, on the southwestern tip of South Korea.
The country plans to carry out three more test launches of the Nuri system by 2027.
The planned launch on Wednesday also comes amid an arms race around South and North Korea, which are technically still at war since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended in an armistice.
North Korea is preparing to launch its first military spy satellite, state media has reported. South Korea has no military surveillance satellites, relying on information from its major ally the United States.
 

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South Korea says homegrown space rocket put satellites into orbit
SEOUL, May 25 (Reuters) - South Korea's domestically made space rocket delivered a commercial grade satellite into orbit for the first time on Thursday, the country's science minister said, a breakthrough in its ambitions to compete in a space race with its Asian neighbours.
The Nuri rocket lifted off from Naro Space Center on the southern coast of South Korea at 6:24 p.m. (0924 GMT) in its third flight after technical glitches caused the launch to be cancelled a day earlier.
Among eight satellites aboard the rocket, the main commercial-grade satellite made contact with a base station in Antarctica after successfully separating from the space vehicle, Science Minister Lee Jong-ho said.
Six other cube satellites have also been deployed, but the science ministry said it was still checking if one remaining cube satellite was released normally.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said the launch placed South Korea among the top seven countries that have put domestically produced satellites into orbit with their domestically built space launch vehicles.
"This will greatly change the way the world sees South Korea's space science technology and its advanced industry," Yoon said.
Thursday's launch was designed to load a commercial-grade satellite onto the rocket for the first time, after the second test in June last year successfully put dummy satellites into orbit.
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[1/3] People watch the launch of South Korea’s homegrown Nuri space rocket in Goheung, South Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS

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[2/3] South Korea?s homegrown Nuri space rocket is launched at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea May 25, 2023. Yonhap via REUTERS

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[3/3] South Korea’s homegrown Nuri space rocket is launched at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea May 25, 2023. Yonhap via REUTERS
On Wednesday, the ministry called off a planned launch hours before the scheduled time, citing technical problems, which officials described as communication errors within the system that controls a helium tank on the launch pad. They said that issue was fixed after work overnight.
The three-stage KSLV-II Nuri is the country's first domestically built space launch vehicle using only South Korean rocket technology, and three more flights are expected by 2027.
The Nuri is central to the country's ambitious plans to jumpstart its nascent space programme and boost progress in 6G networks, spy satellites and even lunar probes.
Given an arms race in Asia, space launches have long been a delicate issue, and North Korea is preparing to launch its first military spy satellite.
Seoul also plans to launch military satellites, but has ruled out any weapons use for the Nuri.
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un approved final preparations for a satellite launch, without specifying a date.
Construction at North Korea's satellite-launching station has hit a "new level of urgency," a U.S.-based think tank said in a report on Thursday, citing satellite imagery.
 
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ROK's Optical Earth Observation Constellation: NeonSat
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NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite) is a 10 satellite high-resolution optical earth observation constellation designed by KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).
NeonSat was developed through a project to develop a constellation system of 11 ultra-small satellites with an investment of approximately 220 billion Won over 8 years from 2020. After developing one prototype to be launched first, the same design will be applied to the remaining 10 to be mass-produced.
The satellites have a launch mass of less than 100 kg and orbits in a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 400 to 500 km. It has a ground resolution of up to 1 m above ground in black and white, and images up to 4 m in color.
NeonSat 1 is the prototype satellite, whch will be launched in 2024 on an Electron KS rocket.
If the prototype mission is successful, NeonSat 2 to 6 will be launched through the 6th launch of Nuri in 2026, and NeonSat 7 to 11 will head to space through the 7th launch of Nuri in 2027.
Nation:South Korea
Type / Application:Earth observation
Operator:KAIST
Contractors:KAIST
Equipment:
Configuration:
Propulsion:
Power:Deployable solar array, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:< 100 kg
Orbit:
SatelliteCOSPARDateLSLaunch VehicleRemarks
NeonSat 1-2024OnS LC-1Electron KSwith ACS3
NeonSat 2-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 3, 4, 5, 6
NeonSat 3-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 2, 4, 5, 6
NeonSat 4-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 2, 3, 5, 6
NeonSat 5-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 2, 3, 4, 6
NeonSat 6-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 2, 3, 4, 5
NeonSat 7-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 8, 9, 10, 11
NeonSat 8-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 7, 9, 10, 11
NeonSat 9-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 7, 8, 10, 11
NeonSat 10-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 7, 8, 9, 11
NeonSat 11-202xNa LP-2Nuri (KSLV-2)with NeonSat 7, 8, 9, 10
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S. Korea to launch 2 more military spy satellites this year
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's first indigenous spy satellite lifts off from the U.S. Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, in this Dec. 1, 2023 file photo. Courtesy of SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's first indigenous spy satellite lifts off from the U.S. Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, in this Dec. 1, 2023 file photo. Courtesy of SpaceX
South Korea plans to launch two more military spy satellites this year to better monitor North Korea, the state arms procurement agency said Monday, a move that could heat up the inter-Korean space race.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said two synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are scheduled to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in April and November, respectively.
Beginning with an electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) satellite in December, South Korea plans to place four more SAR satellites into orbit by 2025 to enhance space-based intelligence capabilities amid North Korea's growing missile and nuclear threats.
EO/IR satellites capture detailed images of the Earth's surface but cannot penetrate dense clouds, while SAR satellites can collect data regardless of weather, using remote sensing systems.
When operated together, the reconnaissance satellites are expected to enable the prompt detection of early warning signs of a potential North Korean nuclear or missile attack, DAPA said.
South Korea's announcement came days after Pyongyang vowed to launch three more spy satellites this year.
In November, the North put its first spy satellite into orbit following two failed attempts and has claimed it has photographed major South Korea and U.S. military sites.
 

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New Korean space agency to blast off in H1
Space experts, industry officials upbeat about KASA’s role in supporting private sector, expanding global cooperation.

South Korea launches its homegrown Nuri rocket for the third time, Thursday at 6:24 p.m. from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
South Korea’s new space body, Korea Aerospace Administration, or KASA, is finally set to take flight with the country poised to join the global space race.
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed special bills required for establishing and managing the space aviation agency to allow legal grounds for KASA.
KASA, inspired by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will be established in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. The space agency is expected to be officially launched in either May or June, as it takes four months for the bills to take effect.
The current administration has gone all-out to carry out the necessary steps to set up KASA, as it was one of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s campaign pledges.
The Ministry of Science and ICT submitted the proposed bill to the National Assembly in April last year but political stand-off between the ruling and main opposition parties dragged out the process. Lawmakers clashed over various aspects such as the level status of the KASA head, concerns over possible overlapping of research and development areas with the existing space institutes and KASA’s independence.
The two sides eventually found common after a nine-month-long discussion. KASA will belong to the Ministry of Science and ICT and be overseen by the Presidential National Space Committee. The country’s two existing space institutes -- the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute -- will be incorporated into KASA to prevent repetitive, inefficient R&D efforts.
Space experts and industry officials advised that the new agency needs to swiftly find the right track from the very beginning and play the role of a control tower efficiently.
“Unlike in the past, space has become an area where economic and diplomatic factors take up bigger parts of the whole sector,” said Paul Yun, a Korean American solar system ambassador for NASA.
“KASA needs to serve as a coordinator for Korea’s overall space sector that can integrate the industry, researchers and academia. It should also be able to handle and support diplomatic issues, possibly related to the country’s national defense. NASA has played a similar role as it not only took charge of R&D efforts,but also guided the US’ space policymaking decisions.”
Yun noted that Korea’s new space agency can effectively and sustainably lead the country’s road map in the new space era in the long term.
“(KASA) will incorporate the roles of all other state-run space divisions except for that of the Defense Ministry, which is a first here,” said Cho Jin-soo, former chairman of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
“How to manage all those used-to-be spread out teams as a whole and deal with the trial-and-error stage quickly in the early phase will be important. Another thing is about whether the Ministry of Science and ICT can efficiently secure enough budget for KASA.”
Cho also cautioned against thoughtless recruitment of foreign talent, as the bill allows the hiring of foreign nationals and multinationals and offers unprecedented sums in salary for a government official.
“Back in the day, there were few talents in Korea. That’s why the government brought in Korean Ph.D. holders from the US. But now there are excellent talents here,” Cho added.
The preparatory office for KASA said in March that the new space body could offer similar salaries as those of NASA employees, estimated to be between 200 million and 300 million won ($152,000-$228,000). Science Minister Lee Jong-ho noted in July that KASA will have about 300 staff members with an annual budget of approximately 700 billion won.
Regarding expectations for KASA, officials at space firms underlined the importance of global cooperation and called out the need to energize the industry.
“(Companies) cannot make their business models aimed at only the domestic market,” an anonymous official working at a space company told The Korea Herald.
“To score overseas contracts, KASA should put in efforts together with the industry for international cooperation. On top of that, the government should offer (state-funded) projects that can play the role of priming water as our country’s space ecosystem has not been fully activated yet.”
Some researchers expressed concerns over having another bureaucratic body that can make R&D efforts even more complicated than they already are.
“A project proposal or decision-making process usually takes a long time because of all the approvals required at each level of hierarchy within my organization,” said a researcher at a state-run space institute who wished to remain nameless.
“I hope KASA can make things go more smoothly instead of slowing down things for research efforts.”
The country successfully conducted a third launch of its homegrown Nuri rocket, also known as the Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle-II, in May last year, becoming the seventh country in the world to obtain the capability to put a homegrown satellite weighing 1 ton into orbit with a homegrown launch vehicle.
 

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New Korean space agency to blast off in H1
Space experts, industry officials upbeat about KASA’s role in supporting private sector, expanding global cooperation.

South Korea launches its homegrown Nuri rocket for the third time, Thursday at 6:24 p.m. from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Nice to see the two Koreas are in a neck-to-neck space race.
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Too early to come to a conclusion. North Korea has an independent human space flight program. Stay tuned.View attachment 245767
It's not early at all. SKOR already operates an MSLV with 3 tonne payload cap and has engines & tech enough to bring a 6-7 tonnes cap one in next 5 years. We can safely say here that North Korea comfortably trails behind South Korea at least 10 years if not 20 will always remain so.

If launching posters is enough to call a country having an independent human spaceflight space program, then Iran is having an independent human spaceflight & North Korea has sent and brought back humans to moon long ago. Iran & North Korea, especially North Korea are simply nowhere in space and they both will take 30 years minimum to reach nearby levels of current Space powers if simply provided with tech. They will have learnt to launch small satellites & humans in space when rest of the space powers + South Korea will be having space stations for tourism.
 

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