Innospace
{{Short description|Korean aerospace company}}
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| industry = Aerospace industry
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| hq_location_city = Sejong City
| hq_location_country = South Korea
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| products = Launch vehicle
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Innospace ({{korean|hangul=이노스페이스}}) is a South Korean startup company specializing in developing hybrid space rocket. It was founded in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/10/129_376779.html|title=Innospace strives to become space platform provider|date=June 17, 2024|website=koreatimes}}
History
Innospace was founded in 2017 by Kim Soo-jong, who received his master's and doctorate in aerospace engineering from Korea Aerospace University.{{Cite news |date=17 June 2024 |title=‘K로켓 상장 도전’ 이노스페이스, 내년 3월 첫 상업 발사… ”실패하더라도 타격 적을 것” |url=https://biz.chosun.com/stock/stock_general/2024/06/17/WJJWDJOPQZDOTFW6DU2JVHNSKY/ |work=Chosun Biz |language=Korean}}{{Cite news |date=3 May 2023 |title=우주발사체 스타트업 이노스페이스 "상장 위한 IPO 절차 돌입" |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240503115100008 |work=Yonhap News |language=Korean}}
In June 2024, the company signed a launch service contract with Italy's CShark S.r.l. and Thailand's EOS Orbit for the small satellite launch vehicle HANIT. Under this contract, Innospace will perform commercial launch missions to place 35 CShark's satellites into target orbit over a three-year period starting in 2025 and one EOS Orbit's satellite starting in 2025.{{Cite news |date=26 June 2024 |title=이노스페이스, 이탈리아·태국 위성사와 발사 계약…21억원 규모 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240626112600017 |work=Yonhap News |language=Korean}} According to what Innospace revealed in March 2025, the company succeeded in independently developing HANBIT-NANO's launch pad.{{Cite news |date=17 March 2025 |title=민간 우주발사체 기업 이노스페이스, '한빛-나노' 발사대 독자 개발 |url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/2GQA4XDEIC |work=Seoul Economic Daily |language=Korean}}
Active missions
= HANBIT-TLV=
{{Main|Innospace HANBIT-TLV}}
On 21 March 2023, the company launched it's HANBIT-TLV single-stage thrust hybrid suborbital rocket from the Alcantara Space Center in Brazil.{{Cite web|url=https://asianews.network/innospace-launches-worlds-first-hybrid-rocket/|title=Innospace launches world’s first hybrid rocket|first=Kan|last=Hyeong-woo|website=asianews.network}}{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/south-koreas-innospace-succeeds-in-test-launch/|title=South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch|first=Park|last=Si-soo|date=March 21, 2023}}
This was the first space vehicle launch by the South Korea’s private sector.
The company's shares were first publicly traded on 2 July 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/innospace-shares-tumble-in-stock-market-debut/|title=Innospace shares tumble in stock market debut|first=Jeff|last=Foust|date=July 2, 2024}}
Future missions
The company is planning its first commercial space missions in 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://aviationweek.com/space/commercial-space/south-koreas-innospace-plans-seven-rocket-missions-2025|title=South Korea’s Innospace Plans Seven Rocket Missions In 2025 | Aviation Week Network|website=aviationweek.com}}
= HANIT-NANO =
{{Main|Innospace HANBIT-NANO}}
HANBIT-NANO is a two-stage launch vehicle that is 21.8m long and 1.4m in diameter and can launch 90kg into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500km. The first stage is equipped with one 25-ton hybrid engine, and the second stage is equipped with one 3-ton engine. The second stage operates the hybrid engine Hyper and the methane engine Reamer according to the launch mission requested by the customer, thereby providing a customized launch service.{{Cite news |date=9 September 2024 |title=韓 최초 상업용 로켓 내년 3월 쏜다…핵심기술 '페어링 분리'도 성공 |url=https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20240909_0002881436 |work=Newsis |publisher= |language=Korean}}
See also
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External links
- [https://www.innospc.com/ Official website]
Category:South Korean companies established in 2017
Category:Aerospace companies of South Korea
Category:Private spaceflight companies
Category:Technology companies established in 2017
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