KARI and NASA have signed on “Implementing Arrangement between NASA and KARI for cooperation on the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission” in December 2016. Korea has accumulated around 70% of the key technologies needed for lunar exploration through the previous earth-orbiting artificial satellite technologies. The test lunar probe will be equipped with a 5m high-resolution camera, a wide-field polarized camera, a magnetic field sensor, a gamma ray sensor, and space internet test equipment to be developed in Korea. The Pathfinder lunar obiter is equipped with five payloads developed in Korea and one payload to be developed by NASA in the United States. In the following second phase led by Korea, the unmanned lunar obiter and lunar lander will be developed and launched as a Korean launch vehicle. The development of the Pathfinder lunar obiter will be carried out based on international collaboration, securing core technology for space exploration, establishing a deep space telecommunication network, and developing technology payload in 1st phase. The Lunar exploration project is to develop the first lunar probe in Korea and secure the necessary basic technology for lunar exploration, such as an orbiter, a landing module, science payload, and deep space communication. Cooperative Convergence Research on Lunar Exploration.Naro, the First Korea Space Launch Vehicle.Multipurpose Satellite Electronic Optical Payload AEISS-A.CAS500 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500).Geostationary Korea Multi Purpose Satellite(GEO-KOMPSAT, Cheollian).Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT, Arirang).Research and Development of Fixed-Wing Aircraft.

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