South Korea Sends Fourth Spy Satellite Into Orbit

Falcon 9 carrying the 425Sat-3 satellite Photo credit: South Korea ministry of national defense

Falcon 9 carrying the 425Sat-3 satellite.

Credit: South Korea ministry of national defense
South Korea launched the fourth of its five military satellites into space on April 22, on track to give Seoul the capability to monitor North Korea movements once all five satellites are operational by late 2025. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) 425Sat-3 satellite was aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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