According to Yonhap News Agency on the 228th, a document released by the South Korean government on Wednesday showed that in view of the international sanctions against Russia, South Korea decided to cancel its plan to use Russian rockets to launch satellite in the second half of this year.
reported that South Korea originally planned to enable the multi-purpose satellite "Arilang 6" to be launched on the Russian Angara 1.2 launch vehicle at the Pleshetsk space launch site in northwestern Russia, and to launch South Korea's next-generation medium-sized observation satellite at the Kazakhstan to use the Russian Soyuz rocket to launch South Korea's next-generation medium-sized observation satellite.
Russian "Angara 1.2" launch vehicle Source: People's Vision
Report said that the South Korean Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology evaluated in a document submitted to the South Korean Congress that due to the impact of joint sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, EU and others, cooperation between South Korea and Russia in the field of aerospace has become "difficult".
To this end, the South Korean Ministry of Defense also requested an additional relevant budget. It is estimated that under the new launch plan, these projects will need to add another 88.1 billion won (about 440 million yuan). If South Korea's parliament approves the request, South Korea plans to find new space launch service providers after canceling the agreement signed with Russia.
Yonhap News Agency pointed out that the South Korean government is most likely to sign a launch agreement with the US Space Technology Exploration Company (SpaceX) and European Space Agency . Due to the five-year confidentiality agreement , the terms of the agreement between South Korea and Russia have not been disclosed.
(Editor: ZLQ)
