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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018; 7 years ago (2018) |
| Headquarters | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Key people | Yoon Shin, CEO |
| Number of employees | 30 |
| Website | perigee |
Perigee Aerospace is a private developer and manufacturer of orbital and sub-orbital launch vehicles located in Daejeon, South Korea. The company was formally established in 2018, but work began in 2012, initially with the launch of sounding rockets.
As of 2019, Perigee Aerospace employed 30 people. It develops the small orbital rocket Blue Whale 1. As of 2019, the company also planned to develop a larger rocket.
Vehicles
Blue Whale 1
| Function | Small-lift Orbital launch vehicle |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Perigee Aerospace |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Cost per launch | US$2 million |
| Size | |
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Diameter | 760 mm (30 in) |
| Mass | 1,790 kg (3,950 lb) |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to 500km SSO | |
| Mass | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Payload to 500km LEO | |
| Mass | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | In Development |
| Launch sites | Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex |
| Total launches | No launches yet |
| First flight | H1 2021 |
| First stage | |
| Specific impulse | 288s (ground), 348s (vacuum) |
| Burn time | 150s |
| Propellant | LOX/LNG |
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The two-stage Blue Whale 1 is planned to become the smallest orbital rocket in the world with a mass of only 1790 kg. Launching from a pad owned by Southern Launch at Whalers Way in South Australia it can deliver up to 50 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 500 km. The maiden flight was planned for July 2020 but did not happen as of November 2020. Perigee Aerospace hopes to build the capacity to launch up to 40 Blue Whale 1 rockets per year at a price of US$2 million. As of April 2021, the first launch is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
Sounding Rockets
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According to an interview posted on the website of Explore University in March 2020, an educational program by Dong-A Science, Perigee Aerospace also planned to launch a sounding rocket developed in collaboration with KAIST.
See also
- Rocket Lab – New Zealand and American public spaceflight company
- Firefly Aerospace – American private aerospace company
- Virgin Orbit – Defunct American aerospace company
References
- ^ "Korean firm Perigee plans first South Australian rocket launch". 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch". 23 October 2019.
- "South Korean rocket startup to launch from South Australia". Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Perigee Aerospace Inc". Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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