A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's first indigenous spy satellite lifts off from the US Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 1, 2023. - Photo: SpaceX file
SEOUL: South Korea's first indigenous military spy satellite launched in December has passed a combat suitability evaluation, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday (Aug 14), in a feat bolstering the country's space reconnaissance capabilities against North Korean threats.
Following its launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last year, the satellite underwent operational and space orbit flight tests in the space environment and was approved for combat suitability by the defence ministry on Tuesday, the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration said.
