Korea Space Center

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Korea Space Center is South Korea's first spaceport scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006 at Goheung County, Jeollanam-do. Built on 4.95 million square meters of reclaimed land, Korea Space Center is expected to send a Korea Space Launch Vehicle into space in 2007.

The spaceport will be operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute and will have contain features necessary for spaceflight operation having a launch tower, a control tower, rocket assembly and test facilities and space simulators.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ South Korea Begins Construction Of New Space Center – Korean Information Service, SpaceDaily, August 12, 2003

[edit] See also

• Korea Aerospace Research Institute
• List of Korea-related topics

[edit] External links

• Korea Space Center page on the Galbijim wiki