Investor Brief
Ownership
Country
🇰🇷South Korea
Region
Asia-Pacific
Established
2,023
Launches / Year
120,232,026
Years Active
3
Strategic Position
33.2167° N, 126.3667° E
About
South Korea's mobile sea-launch site for its indigenous solid-fuel space launch vehicle, sidestepping the country's shortage of safe overland launch corridors. On 2023-12-04 the platform placed a 100 kg Hanwha Systems SAR satellite into a ~650 km orbit — one of very few sea launch sites worldwide to have reached orbit. A fourth test flight of the multi-stage 'Mir' vehicle was postponed on 2026-06-30 for safety reasons; no new date confirmed as of this research.
Key Features
A working sea launch site that has reached orbit (2023-12-04) — a rare category
Mobile barge, no fixed pad, avoids overflight of populated land
Purpose-built for responsive military reconnaissance-satellite launch
Anchored to Hanwha Systems' Jeju Space Center (completed Dec 2025)
Faces organized local civil-society opposition on Jeju
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
2023-12-04 — third test flight (TV2), 100 kg SAR satellite to ~650 km orbit — successful