Mir | Demo Flight

Test Flight

Time to liftoff

Targeting August 2026

Target Window

August 2026

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Month

— Mission

Demo Flight

Low Earth Orbit· LEO

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.

— Rocket

Mir

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.

LEO Capacity: 500 kg

Launches

Success

Failures

— Launch Pad

ADD Offshore launch platform

Sea Launch

Offshore launch platform for the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle.

— Launch Provider

Government

Agency for Defense Development

Est. 1970

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.

Total

Success

Pending