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South Korea to launch first military communications satellite – Foreign Brief
South Korea is expected to launch its first military exclusive communications satellite, Anasis-II, aboard a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 from
Photo: Airbus Defense and Space
South Korea is expected to launch its first military exclusive communications satellite, Anasis-II, aboard a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The launch was initially scheduled for Monday but postponed due to hardware concerns.
The Anasis-II satellite was built by Airbus as part of a 2014 financial offset program for South Koreas purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the US. Anasis-II is a geosynchronous communications satellite that…
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