Eyes above: How a new ROK satellite will help monitor North Korea’s every move



Analysis Eyes above: How a new ROK satellite will help monitor North Korea’s every move Seoul looks to forge its own space surveillance network independent of US, as the inter-Korean space race heats up Joon Ha Park \| Shreyas Reddy December 1, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON An illustration of a satellite \| Image: NK Pro The South Korean military is set to launch its first reconnaissance satellite atop a SpaceX rocket on Friday, kicking off an ambitious project to improve its ability to monitor North Korean threats independent of U.S. capabilities. The launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it comes just 10 days after the DPRK successfully launched its own military spy satellite on Nov. 21. Like Pyongyang, Seoul seeks to place multiple reconnaissance satellites into orbit under “Project 425” initiated in 2018. The satellite is equipped with electro-optical (EO Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine

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Eyes above: How a new ROK satellite will help monitor North Korea’s every move

Seoul looks to forge its own space surveillance network independent of US, as the inter-Korean space race heats up

Joon Ha Park | Shreyas Reddy December 1, 2023

Eyes above: How a new ROK satellite will help monitor North Korea’s every move

An illustration of a satellite | Image: NK Pro

The South Korean military is set to launch its first reconnaissance satellite atop a SpaceX rocket on Friday, kicking off an ambitious project to improve its ability to monitor North Korean threats independent of U.S. capabilities.

The launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it comes just 10 days after the DPRK successfully launched its own military spy satellite on Nov. 21.

Like Pyongyang, Seoul seeks to place multiple reconnaissance satellites into orbit under “Project 425” initiated in 2018. The satellite is equipped with electro-optical (EO

01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine

Eyes above: How a new ROK satellite will help monitor North Korea’s every move

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