As the risk of space collisions escalates due to the increasing number of low Earth orbit satellites, Hanwha Systems has joined as the private system development contractor for the national Space Situational Awareness system (K-SSA) and begun work in earnest on a project to integrally construct space surveillance satellites and an AI-based ground-linked system.

 

Hanwha Systems announced on the 18th that it signed a contract with the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute on the 9th for the project "Development of Space-Based Space Surveillance Satellites and Ground-Linked Space Situational Awareness System." This project is part of the K-SSA development initiative being promoted by the Korea Aerospace Administration.

The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute serves as the lead research organization, overseeing mission concept establishment and technical coordination, while Hanwha Systems performs system development tasks including △development of space-based space surveillance satellites △establishment of ground-linked space situational awareness system △detailed system integration, testing and validation.

 

 

The ground-linked space situational awareness system being constructed concurrently serves as ground infrastructure that comprehensively manages and analyzes space object information obtained from various observation means including satellites.

 

 

Song Sung-chan, Head of Hanwha Systems' Space Business Division, stated, "Through this project, we will secure core technological competitiveness in the SSA and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) fields and contribute to strengthening the Republic of Korea's space security and response capabilities."