KSLV (KSR based)

Korea Aerospace Research Institute * Shinyoung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. * Hanwha Corporation * Koreanair Aerospace Division
 

KSLV (KSR based)

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is studying the KSLV family of launch vehicles, derived from its KSR series of sounding rockets introduced in 1993.
Shinyoung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. designing and building launch pad and assembly tower for the first KSR-III project. This project is to launch a science capsule up to 700 km from ground.  The next KSLV-I and KSLV-II projects will be followed for launching both science and commercial satellites in the space. Besides, the satellite launch projects, there will be Korea Space Center project to build launch area in Korea.

• 3-stage sounding rocket (KSR-III+):
  Two stage Liquid-propellant propulsion system (propellant LOX and Kerosene). The design, compuational analysis, and static test of an engine for KSR-III, which has 13 tons (s.l.) of thrust, have been carried out. The upper stage  is solid-motor of  3-ton thrust (spec. Imp. 262 sec), 7-second firing duration, which raise the payload to wanted altitude. It has spherical-shaped composition material as a fuel (propellant 80 kg). It will used as a  kick-motor of  the first  KSR-III launching 2002 without two booster-stages.

• 3-stage small-satellite launch vehicle (KSLV-I):
  The design of an engine for KSLV-I is the same of KSR-III, which has 13 tons (s.l.) of thrust, 59-second firing duration and a flow rate of 60 kg/sec. The upper stage (KM)  is a new solid-motor. It has spherical-shaped composition material as a fuel (propellant 900 kg). The cross lift-off weight is 14.7 tons.

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) of  South Korea launch their first single-stage liquid fuel rocket KSR-III on 28 November 2002.The KSR-III is 13.4-meter-long (43.9-feet), 1.0 m in diameter and weighing 5.6 tons blasted off from a launch pad in Anheung in the central province of South Chungcheong.
In 2002 South Korea announced it was planning to develop a small satellite launch vehicle (KSLV-I) by 2007, based on technology flown on the KSR-III test vehicle.