Perigee Aerospace

Blue Whale 1
Function	Small-lift Orbital launch vehicle
Manufacturer	Perigee Aerospace
Country of origin	South Korea
Cost per launch	US$3 million
Size
Height	21 m (69 ft)
Diameter	1,600 mm (63 in)
Mass	2,200 kg (4,900 lb)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to 500km SSO
Mass	170 kg (370 lb)

Perigee Aerospace
Company type	Private
Founded	2018;7 years ago
Headquarters	Daejeon , South Korea
Key people	Yoon Shin, CEO
Number of employees	30
Website	perigee.kr

Last updated February 05, 2025

Perigee Aerospace is a private developer and manufacturer of orbital and sub-orbital launch vehicles located in Daejeon, South Korea. The company was formally established in 2018, but work began in 2012,^[1] initially with the launch of sounding rockets.^[3]

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Blue Whale 1

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Official website Perigee Aerospace

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References

1 2 3 4 Blenkin, Max (28 October 2019). "Korean firm Perigee plans first South Australian rocket launch". Space Connect. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
1 2 Henry, Caleb (23 October 2019). "Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch". SpaceNews . Retrieved 1 June 2021.
↑ Plouffe, Jim (30 September 2019). "South Korean rocket startup to launch from South Australia". The Lead South Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
1 2 3 "Perigee Aerospace Inc. – Introduction". Perigee Aerospace. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
1 2 3 "Mission". Perigee Aerospace. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
↑ Perigee Space: Mission
↑ S. Korean Startup to Construct Offshore Rocket Launch Platform in Jeju
↑ "27세 청년이 만든 스타트업, 민간 우주발사체 국내 첫 발사 '카운트다운'" [A startup created by a 27-year-old young man launches Korea's first private space launch vehicle, 'Countdown'.]. Maekyung (in Korean). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
↑ StudyAdelaide. "Perigee Aerospace has signed an agreement to use the Southern Launch rocket facilities in South Australia". StudyAdelaide. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
↑ Cho, Seung-han (27 March 2020). "탐험대학·시민과학풀씨 참가자 모집" [Recruitment of participants for the Expedition College Citizen Science Program]. Dong-A Science (in Korean). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
↑ "알아두면 쓸모 있는 탐험멘토 Talk 2탄 ⑦ 신동윤 멘토 미니인터뷰!" [Useful to know Exploration Mentor Talk Part 2 ⑦ Mentor Shin Dong-yoon mini interview!]. Expedition College (in Korean). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020– via Naver.
↑ Lim, Chang-won (29 December 2021). "Sudden gust of winds foils launch of sounding rocket built by rocket start-up". Aju Business Daily . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
↑ "Blue Whale 0.1 Review". YouTube . Retrieved 16 April 2022.

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[spaceconnecti20200202-1] 1 2 3 4 Blenkin, Max (28 October 2019). "Korean firm Perigee plans first South Australian rocket launch". Space Connect. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[sn20191023-2] 1 2 Henry, Caleb (23 October 2019). "Backed by Samsung, South Korean startup Perigee aims for 2020 maiden launch". SpaceNews . Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[3] Plouffe, Jim (30 September 2019). "South Korean rocket startup to launch from South Australia". The Lead South Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[perigee-4] 1 2 3 "Perigee Aerospace Inc. – Introduction". Perigee Aerospace. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[perigeemission-5] 1 2 3 "Mission". Perigee Aerospace. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

[6] Perigee Space: Mission

[7] S. Korean Startup to Construct Offshore Rocket Launch Platform in Jeju

[8] "27세 청년이 만든 스타트업, 민간 우주발사체 국내 첫 발사 '카운트다운'" [A startup created by a 27-year-old young man launches Korea's first private space launch vehicle, 'Countdown'.]. Maekyung (in Korean). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[9] StudyAdelaide. "Perigee Aerospace has signed an agreement to use the Southern Launch rocket facilities in South Australia". StudyAdelaide. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

[10] Cho, Seung-han (27 March 2020). "탐험대학·시민과학풀씨 참가자 모집" [Recruitment of participants for the Expedition College Citizen Science Program]. Dong-A Science (in Korean). Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[11] "알아두면 쓸모 있는 탐험멘토 Talk 2탄 ⑦ 신동윤 멘토 미니인터뷰!" [Useful to know Exploration Mentor Talk Part 2 ⑦ Mentor Shin Dong-yoon mini interview!]. Expedition College (in Korean). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020– via Naver.

[12] Lim, Chang-won (29 December 2021). "Sudden gust of winds foils launch of sounding rocket built by rocket start-up". Aju Business Daily . Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[13] "Blue Whale 0.1 Review". YouTube . Retrieved 16 April 2022.

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List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Ariane 6 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS ^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 6C 7 7A 8 11 11H 12 LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C New Glenn Nuri OS-M1 ^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Deca Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130 ^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able ^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga ^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I ^† II ^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D ^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1 ^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan ^† Pilot-2 ^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna ^† Rocket 3 RS1 ^† Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II ^† X-2 ^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B ^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK ^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1 ^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard Vega original VLS-1 ^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 1 ^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)