WASHINGTON — South Korean launch startup Innospace says it has received government approval for its first orbital launch attempt, which could take place as soon as the end of the month.

Innospace announced Oct. 19 that the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) awarded it a commercial launch authorization, the first granted to a private company in the country. The authorization is the final approval the company said it needed for the inaugural launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket.

That launch is scheduled for a window that opens Oct. 28 from the Alcântara Space Center in Brazil and runs through Nov. 28.

The mission, called Spaceward, will carry five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space. It

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