South Korea's Solid Fuel Space Launcher
            Flight History by Variant/Year (2023-Present)
               by Ed Kyle, Last Update December 31, 2023

            L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  

          
         SFSL      SFSL      SFSL      SFSL                Grand
         TV        TV1       TV2                           Totals
Year     L(F)      L(F)      L(F)      L(F)       L(F)       L(F) 
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2020      -         -         -         -          -          -
2021      -         -         -         -          -          -
2022     1(0)*     1(0)*      -         -          -         2(0)*
2023      -         -        1(0)       -          -         1(0)   
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         SFSL      SFSL     SFSL       SFSL                Grand
         TV        TV1      TV2                            Totals
         L(F)      L(F)      L(F)      L(F)       L(F)       L(F)    
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Suborb   1(0)      1(0)       -         -          -         2(0) 
Orbit     -         -        1(0)       -          -         1(0)
Total    1(0)      1(0)      1(0)       -          -         3(0)
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                       SFSL Variants

Version    Stage 1   Stage 2        Stage 3    Stage 4
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SFSL TV    Stage 2   Stage 3 (inert) PBS        -
SFSL TV1   Stage 2   Stage 3         PBS        -
SFSL TV2   Stage 1   Stage 3         PBS        -
SFSL       Stage 1   Stage 2         Stage 3    PBS
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                  SFSL Performance (tonnes)

             LEO          SSO        Height       GLOW
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SFSL TV2    0.1 t	
SFSL 	     0.5-0.7 t
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             SOLID FUEL SPACE LAUNCHER LAUNCH LOG

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DATE     VEHICLE     ID     PAYLOAD          MASS(t) SITE  ORBIT
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03/30/22 SFSL        TV     Test                      AN    SUB
12/30/22 SFSL        TV1    Test                      AN    SUB
12/04/23 SFSL        TV2    S-STEP            0.1     JE    LEO
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[SFSL TV2]  0500 UTC.  S. Korea Solid Fuel Space Launcher 
(Test Vehicle 2).  Used Stages 1 and 3 and Post Boost Vehicle of 
ultimately-planned 3-stage solid + liquid PBV vehicle.  100 kg 
SAR satellite.  Launched from platform 4 km off Jeju Island.  
Followed two prior suborbital tests.  636x653 km x 46.98 deg.  
Upper Stg in 424 x 653 km x 46.92 deg. 



Launch sites:

AN = Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, South Korea 
               South Korea/ Sirius offshore platform

JE = Jeju Island Launch Platform, Jeju-Do, South Korea 
               South Korea/ offshore platform



               SOLID FUEL SPACE LAUNCHER

This a solid fueled launch vehicle developed by the South Korean 
Agency for Defense Development (ADD), the national agency of
research and development in defense technology.  It is generally 
called the "Solid Fuel Space Launcher" (SFSL). 

The final SFSL will use three solid fueled stages and a liquid 
fueled post boost stage (PBS).

The first suborbital test launch consisted of stage 2, an inert 
stage 3 and the PBS.  The second flight used stage 2, stage 3 and 
the PBS. This configuration was designated Test Vehicle 1.

Orbital Test Vehicle 2 used Stage 1, Stage 3 and the PBS.  It 
surprised by reaching orbit on its inaugural flight on 
December 4, 2023.