In 2021, there were roughly 9.8 thousand employees working in the space industry in South Korea. This was an increase from the previous year, and the highest figure recorded during the surveyed period. Since 2013, GPS navigation and satellite receivers were added as space industry sub-categories, which led to a large increase in the figures. With the successful launch of the Nuri rocket (also known as KSLV-II) in 2022, South Korea became the seventh country in the world that was able to put in orbit a satellite that weighs over one metric ton.
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Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion. (December 30, 2022). Number of employees in the space industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/
Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion. "Number of employees in the space industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/
Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion. (2022). Number of employees in the space industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/
Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion. "Number of Employees in The Space Industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/
Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion, Number of employees in the space industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of employees in the space industry in South Korea from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Korea Association for Space Technology Promotion, December 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372869/south-korea-space-industry-employees-number/