SpaceX launches first dedicated military communications satellite for South Korea

摘要

South Korea's first dedicated military communications satellite, ANASIS-Ⅱ, was launched on 20 July from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US state of Florida aboard a Falcon 9 two-stage rocket from aerospace company SpaceX. The satellite, which was built by Airbus Defence and Space and fitted with an upgraded version of the Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System (ANASIS) developed by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development, was expected to be launched on 14 July but the launch was postponed. The new satellite, which will operate from a geostationary orbit at an altitude of about 36,000 km, is intended to replace South Korea's combined civil and military communications satellite, Mugunghwa 5, which is fitted with the ANASIS-Ⅰ system.