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(NET) Electron • NeonSat 2

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a NeonSat "verification satellite" for KASA, designed to test the constellation capabilities of the South Korean government's microsatellite constellation. SaTReC Initiative, the Satellite Technology Research Center at KAIST, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) participated in the production of the microsatellite. The verification satellite is intended to validate the microsatellite constellation system's technology, identified through the first satellite in orbit. The verification satellite will be placed in an afternoon orbit, which enhances observation efficiency by imaging the ground at a consistent time each afternoon. It will precisely verify on-orbit thrust performance, satellite altitude and spacing maintenance capabilities, and image quality. The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the Korean government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula. Rocket Lab's mission will be named "?". - NeonSat 2 (New-space Earth Observation Satellite) is a ~100kg Earth observation satellite with a high-resolution optical camera designed to monitor for natural disasters along the Korean Peninsula by pairing its images with artificial intelligence. It is the first satellite developed under the NeonSat program by SaTReC and KAIST, Korea’s leading university in science and technology, which developed and operated Korea’s very first satellite KitSat 1 more than 30 years ago. Other NeonSat satellites are planned to be launched in the next years to build out the NeonSat constellation. - Delayed from Dec. 5, 7 and 9. Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/6pVEWdZyCvY

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