HANBIT-NANO, two-stage small-lift launch vehicle, INNOSPACE Co., Ltd., Sejong, South Korea

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Innospace HANBIT-NANO on Wikipedia

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HANBIT-Nano first launch

Dec 23, 2025

INNOSPACE’s first HANBIT-Nano (한빛-나노) launch vehicle launched the SPACEWARD mission with eight payloads from the Alcântara Space Center, Brazil, on 23 December 2025, at 01:13 UTC (22 December, at 22:13 local time). According to INNOSPACE (이노스페이스), “HANBIT-Nano is a two-stage space launch vehicle capable of carrying a 90kg payload to a 500km Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)”.

 

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Article "South Korea’s first commercial rocket crashes in Brazil"
South Korean company Innospace carried out the first launch of its small rocket, HANBIT-NANO. It was unsuccessful. The rocket crashed shortly after launch.

by Mykyta Lytvynov
December 23, 2025