South Korea Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, South Korea has flown 1 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, <1% of the world's launches, and 10 since its first in 2009. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
KSLV-2 Nuri
Oct 7, 2026
Nuri's fifth flight from Naro Space Center placed NEONSAT-2 through 6, South Korea's first mass-produced Earth-observation constellation, into ~575 km sun-synchronous orbit. All five later made two-way contact with healthy solar arrays, power and attitude; nine of ten CubeSats deployed, but Quaternion's PERSAT02 remained attached after its ejection-tube lid failed to open. Hanwha Aerospace built the rocket for this first sequential five-primary mission, Nuri's fourth straight success.
Next mission
Demo Flight
Mir
Nov 30, 2026 · 12:00 AM (UTC)
Liftoff in 39 d 01 h 51 min 33 s
Note: Launch vehicle name is provisional. First orbital full version launch of the South Korean military small satellite launch vehicle, after 2 sub-orbital tests of individual stages on 30 March and 30 December 2022, and 1 orbital test flight without the 2nd stage on 4 December 2023. Details TBD.
Statistics summary
South Korea launches
2026 so far
1
vs 0 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.1 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
1 t
vs 0 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.0 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Every South Korea launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No South Korea launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
South Korea in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, South Korea and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, South Korea and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by South Korea, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- <1%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 1
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 1%
- 2 launches
- All time
- 10
- since 2009
Orbital launch attempts per year, South Korea and the rest of the world, 2009 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
South Korea's rockets in 2026
Launch success rate by South Korea rocket, 2009 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | South Korea | World | South Korea share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 1 | 248 | <1% |
| 2025 | 2 | 329 | 1% |
| 2024 | 0 | 263 | 0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 223 | 1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 186 | 1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 146 | 1% |
| 2020 | 0 | 114 | 0% |
| 2019 | 0 | 102 | 0% |
| 2018 | 0 | 114 | 0% |
| 2017 | 0 | 90 | 0% |
| 2016 | 0 | 85 | 0% |
| 2015 | 0 | 87 | 0% |
| 2014 | 0 | 92 | 0% |
| 2013 | 1 | 81 | 1% |
| 2012 | 0 | 78 | 0% |
| 2011 | 0 | 84 | 0% |
| 2010 | 1 | 74 | 1% |
| 2009 | 1 | 78 | 1% |