South Korea Declares First Military Reconnaissance Satellite Operational
The satellite launched in December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB.
Credit: SpaceX
The South Korean National Defense Ministry says the first of its reconnaissance satellites has passed in-orbit testing and is now operational. The country launched the satellite for its Project 425 to build an indigenous military Earth-observation capability on Dec. 1, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9...
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