Korea AeroSpace Administration

Korea AeroSpace Administration

우주항공청
Formation	27 May 2024
Type	Governmental organisation
Headquarters	Sacheon, South Korea
Location	537 Haeansaneop-ro, Sanam-myeon, Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Coordinates	35.0520049°N 128.0413561°E / 35.0520049; 128.0413561
President / Director-General	Yoon Yeongbin
Deputy Director-General	Ro Kyung-won
Main organ	Ministry of Science and ICT
Budget	₩964.9 billion (US$725.5 million) (FY2025)
Staff	241
Website	kasa.go.kr/eng/web/main.do

Korea AeroSpace Administration
Hangul	우주항공청
Hanja	宇宙航空廳
Revised Romanization	Uju hanggongcheong
McCune–Reischauer	Uju hanggongch'ŏng

The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA; Korean: 우주항공청) is a Korean government-funded space and aeronautics agency. Established under the Ministry of Science and ICT, KASA oversees the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. Its headquarters is located in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.

Timeline

KASA was established on 27 May 2024 as part of a campaign promise made by President Yoon Suk Yeol to reform national politics, including shifting space exploration to the private sector. Seen as the domestic version of NASA, KASA aims to become one of the top five leading space agencies through developing the KSLV-III rocket and creating and landing homegrown spacecraft on the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045.

See also

• Danuri