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| Attribute | Palmachim Airbase 🇮🇱 Israel Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Naro Space Center 🇰🇷 South Korea Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | Israel Defense Forces / Israel Aerospace Industries | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) |
| Ownership | Military | Government |
| Region | 🇮🇱 Israel | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Launch pads | 1 active (classified IAF facility)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 1 (KSLV-II/Nuri launch pad; KSLV-III pad planned)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 1–2as of [1] | 2–3as of [1] ↑ Most active |
| Max payload (LEO) | ~350 kg to retrograde LEO (Shavit-2)as of [1]Launches westward over Mediterranean due to geopolitical overflight constraints; unusual retrograde orbit | 1,500 kg to 500 km SSO (Nuri KSLV-II)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1988-09-19as of [2]Ofeq-1 — Israel's first satellite; first nation ever to launch into retrograde orbit from a dedicated national site | 2009-08-25as of [1]KSLV-1 first attempt (partially successful); first successful Korean orbital launch 2022-06-21 (Nuri) |
| Regulatory regime | Israel Space Agency (ISA) civil oversight; Ministry of Defense controls dual-use launches and Ofeq reconnaissance program | KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration, established May 2024) / MSIT |
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