2025 Space Missions

MOFA Public-Private Space Missions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration lead public-private missions with Korean space companies to expand space cooperation with partner countries.

Key Programs

Space Policy and Industry Briefings

Government officials from both countries outlined their space policies and major programs and shared views on the direction of the commercial space industry and the importance of commercial cooperation.

Discussions on Cooperation between Space Companies of the Two Countries

Space companies from both countries presented their technologies and business capabilities and explored opportunities for cooperation in satellites, launch services, space exploration and other fields.

One-on-One Business Meetings

After the seminar, one-on-one business meetings arranged around Korean companies' areas of interest allowed them to discuss specific cooperation opportunities directly with government agencies and companies from partner countries.

Korea-U.S. New Space Seminar

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration hosted the Korea-U.S. New Space Seminar in Washington, D.C. to promote space industry exchange between the two countries and to expand cooperation among private space companies.

Government space officials from both countries and some 30 space companies attended the seminar, sharing updates on their respective space policies and industries and discussing opportunities for cooperation in the space sector.

On the Korean side, companies working in satellite development and applications, launch services, space exploration, space medicine, and space components and materials presented their technologies and business models. On the U.S. side, government agencies including the Department of Commerce, NASA and the U.S. Space Force, together with leading space companies, shared their policies and current programs.

Significance

The Korea-U.S. New Space Seminar brought together government space agencies and private companies from both countries to share industry updates and explore concrete opportunities for cooperation. The seminar extended government-to-government cooperation to exchanges between private companies and laid the foundation for strengthening the competitiveness of both countries’ space industries and expanding into global markets.

Korea-Indonesia New Space Seminar

On July 28, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration held the Korea-Indonesia New Space Seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The seminar was organized to strengthen exchange and cooperation between public and private space organizations in both countries, to showcase the technologies and business areas of Korean space companies, and to identify local partnership opportunities.

More than 80 participants from 13 Korean space companies and some 30 Indonesian government agencies, private companies and associations shared updates on the two countries’ space policies and industries and explored practical opportunities for space cooperation.

Significance

The seminar brought together government agencies and private companies from Korea and Indonesia to share updates on space policy and industry and to identify practical cooperation needs.

Notably, the participation of a wide range of Indonesian government agencies confirmed demand for cooperation in areas such as satellite applications, while one-on-one business meetings between Korean companies and local agencies and companies explored specific opportunities by technology and business area.

By discussing the mid- to long-term direction of cooperation between the two countries’ space agencies while creating opportunities for direct exchange between private companies, the seminar laid the groundwork for expanding Korea-Indonesia space industry cooperation and for Korean space companies to enter overseas markets.

Korea-Malaysia New Space Seminar

Local space-related institutions, including the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and the Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA), joined 12 Korean companies to share the two countries’ space policies and development plans.

Korean companies introduced their core technologies, business areas and partnership interests, and held one-on-one meetings with local institutions and companies to discuss concrete opportunities for cooperation.

Notably, Nara Space, a Korean satellite development and applications company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Altair Research Lab, a Malaysian satellite solutions company. The two companies agreed to jointly develop satellite data services for Malaysian government agencies.

Significance

In Malaysia in particular, an MOU between a Korean company and a local company to jointly develop satellite data services marked a tangible step toward business-to-business cooperation.

Korea-Thailand New Space Seminar

The seminar brought together nine Korean companies and key Thai space-related government, industry and academic institutions, including the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and the Board of Investment (BOI).

The two sides shared their space policies and development plans, and Korean companies presented technologies and business areas aligned with the needs of Thailand’s space industry, including satellite manufacturing and development, AI-based satellite imagery analysis, and climate and disaster response solutions.

At the reception and one-on-one meetings that followed, Korean companies discussed specific areas of cooperation with Thai government agencies and companies.

Significance

In Thailand, Korean companies presented technologies matched to local demand for satellite development and applications and held one-on-one meetings, opening the way for future cooperation between Korean and Thai space companies.