Washington, July 21 (IANS) Marking Space Exploration Day, US President Donald Trump hailed America’s achievements in space exploration, saying the country would continue to lead humanity into a “new Golden Age of space exploration” while advancing missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars.In a presidential message issued by the White House on the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Trump linked America’s historic lunar mission to his administration’s space agenda, highlighting the A…
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Seoul, July 5 (IANS) South Korea plans to launch its fourth medium-sized Earth observation satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, the space agency said.The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) said the 500-kilogram satellite will be launched at 4:10 p.m. Korea time, reports Yonhap news agency.The satellite has completed function inspections and fuel injection over the past month and is now awaiting launch aboard the Falcon 9.It is sc…
Seoul, July 3 (IANS) South Korea aims to establish a low-Earth orbit satellite communications network composed of hundreds of satellites by 2035 and accelerate the country’s first lunar landing to 2030, the state-run space agency said on Friday.The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) unveiled the plan during a public briefing on advanced industry development held in the southeastern city of Jinju. The strategy was approved earlier in the day by the National Space Council, chaired by President …