Scheduled

Mir | Demo Flight

Agency for Defense Development · Mir

The schedule gives this one date known, time not yet set.

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

The mission

Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.

Vehicle and site

Rocket

Mir

Family

Mir

Mission

Demo Flight

Mission type

Test Flight

Pad

ADD Offshore launch platform

Location

Sea Launch

Coordinates

33.2167°, 126.3667°

Mir (Korean for a kind of dragon, and previously only known as "Solid-fuel space launch vehicle") is a South Korean military developed small satellite launch vehicle for "quick response" usage. First orbital test launch in December 2023 omits the 2nd stage but still carries satellite into orbit.

Agency for Defense Development

The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is the South Korean national agency for research and development in defense technology, funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Its purpose is contributing to enforcing the national defence, to improving the national R&D capacity, and to fostering the domestic defense industry.

Launches to date

1

Successful

1

Failed

0

Consecutive successes

1

Schedule from Launch Library 2, rebuilt hourly. Dates slip: a time given to the minute is a target, not a promise, and this page reflects the schedule as it stood at the last build. All upcoming launches.