Innospace Partners with Kairos Space to Strengthen 'Integrated Launch Service' Competitiveness

MOU Signed for Cooperation in Satellite Separation Systems and Integrated Testing

Responding to Multi-Satellite and Constellation Demand

Targeting the Global Launch Market

Innospace, a private space launch vehicle company, is joining forces with satellite separation system specialist Kairos Space to strengthen its integrated launch service capabilities. This move aims to enhance customer-tailored service competitiveness, covering not only launch vehicle performance but also satellite integration and separation.

On June 11, Innospace announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kairos Space for business cooperation in the fields of launch services and satellite separation systems.

Innospace and Kairospace are taking a commemorative photo after signing an MOU. Marshall Win, Director of Overseas Sales at Innospace (left), and Nikolai Vedenkin, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kairospace. Photo by Innospace

This agreement was promoted to address the increasing demand for the integration of various satellites, such as multi-satellites and satellite constellations. The two companies plan to bolster their interface technology competitiveness between launch vehicles and satellites and build a customer-centric integrated launch service system.

The satellite separation system is a core device that connects the launch vehicle and the satellite. As it must account for the satellite’s shape, mass, and separation method, as well as the vibration and loads occurring during the launch process, it is considered a critical technology that can determine the success of a launch.

The two companies will seek cooperation across all launch mission phases, including satellite separation systems, launch tubes, integrated testing, and payload support. Beyond simple component supply, they plan to establish an integrated launch service model that links the launch vehicle, satellite payload, and satellite separation system, and to pursue joint business opportunities both domestically and internationally.

In particular, they aim to improve the reliability of launch services by conducting technology verification and data sharing that reflect actual launch environments, and will collaborate on interface specification reviews and joint marketing to advance into the global market.

Founded in 2019, Kairos Space is a domestic space company developing satellite separation systems, CubeSat platforms, and small and micro satellite payloads. In the third launch of Nuri in 2023, it successfully demonstrated its technological capabilities by verifying its self-developed CubeSat 'KSAT3U' and satellite ejection tube.

Kyungwoo Shin, CEO of Kairos Space, stated, "Based on the technological strengths and experience of both companies, we will build a collaborative model applicable to real launch missions and create new business opportunities in the domestic and global space markets."

Soojong Kim, CEO of Innospace, said, "Competitiveness in launch services comes from integrated capabilities that reliably support not only the launch vehicle but also the processes of satellite integration and separation," adding, "We will strengthen our global market competitiveness by expanding cooperation with domestic space companies."

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