KITSAT-1 (Uribyol-1), Korea's first satellite
KITSAT-1 (Uribyol-1), primer satélite coreano
- Date
- 1992 · confidence high
- Place
- KAIST (SaTReC), Daejeon, South Korea
- Credited to
- KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center and the University of Surrey
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A microsatellite of about 50 kg built by KAIST engineers with the University of Surrey and launched in August 1992 from Kourou. It was Korea's first satellite and the origin of its space industry.
It was built with technology transfer from the University of Surrey (UK), based on the UoSAT programme. It orbited at about 1,300 km.
What it led to
- KITSAT-2 and the Arirang Earth-observation series
- training of Korean satellite engineers and the company SaTReC
- Korea's launcher programme (Naro and Nuri)