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National Points of Contact
South Korea
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Yeongju Kim Heejin Jeong
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SGAC South Korea

Welcome to the national page of SGAC of South Korea! South Korea is about to join the ranks of advanced countries in the aerospace field. South Korea launched its first astronaut in April 2008 and will become the tenth country to independently launch a satellite into space with the launch of KSLV (Korea Space Launch Vehicle followed by the launch of the geostationary satellite, Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS). Korea also successfully hosted the 2009 International Astronautical Congress(IAC) and the Space Generation Congress (SGC) in Daejeon with the support of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute). Korea hopes to strengthen its capacity in the aerospace field in accordance with its position as one of the top ten economies in the world.

Young Space Activities Overview in South Korea

With the successful opening of IAC2009 and SGC2009 in Daejeon, Korea, many young generations in Korea have been interested in space fields and they have tried to form certain communities. As the government focused on development of aerospace field more, roles of young generation who are interested in space became more important. Some undergraduate students applied to Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) for the internship program, so they tried not only to keep their interest in space but also to develop their experience about space field. Also, some undergraduate students have participated in competitions for small satellites. In addition, there are many social or local community which focus on the topics related space such as designing rocket, observing stars.

Country-Specific Events in 2012

  • Yuri’s Night (April 12): In April, the Yuri’s Night will be held at KAIST by young space generations.
  • KSLV-1 the 3rd Launching : Both South Korea and Russia agreed to launch before this October. Considering the duration for manufacturing, inspection, transfer, advancement and supplement of the KSLV-1, both parties agreed to proceed launching KSLV-1 by October 2012. The finialzed date of launching will be determined after examining overall situation regarding advancement, supplement, maintenance.
  • Space Experience for children (January 31), Ok To Ki Space Center: On January 31st, the event will be held at the Ok To Ki space center to give motivations about space to children.
  • 2012 Guide-Navigation Control Technology Symposium (February 8-9): The Korean society for Aeronautical and Space Science(KSAS) will sponsor and guide-navigation control department committee will manage this symposium. The symposium will be held from February 8 and February 9, 2012 at Busan Haeundae Hanhwa resort.
  • The ‘Human Power Aircraft Exhibition Contest 2012’ : This events will be held on October 13th. It will be sponsored by KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) and supported by Ministry of Knowledge Economy and Koheung office. For more information, please visit the website :
    http://www.kari.re.kr/html/popup/111216/an_expo.html.

Interesting weblinks in South Korea

 

 

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Soyeon Yi, the first astronaut of Korea IAC 2009 in Daejeon, Korea

 
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At the closing dinner of SGC 2009 in Korea Discussing SGC 2009 with local organizers of IAC
at SGC 2008
 

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