Isn't South Korea a little bit North to send efficiently payloads in space? I guess there's a lot of national pride in doing this, but it seems to be a waste.
South Korea's space ambitions stuck on the launchpad
South Korea's ambition to launch a space industry on the back of a locally developed rocket have stalled, after a glitch saw the countdown halted for its latest attempt to place its Nuri vehicle into orbit. The launch was planned for Wednesday, but postponed by a day due to unfavourable weather. The Korea Aerospace and …
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Thursday 16th June 2022 10:26 GMT Xalran
For geosynchronous orbits yes they are quite North.
But given enough propellant that can be solved, now thats not economically viable, but for launches where the money don't matter it can be done.
On the other hand they have an advantage for polar orbits.
Now on the difficulty of sending stuff aloft in orbit... it's Rocket Science after all.