New Delhi: Bengaluru-based New Space startup Grahaa is launching its Solaras S2 technology demonstration nanosatellite with the Hanbit-Nano rocket developed by Korea-based Innospace from the Alcântara Space Center (CEA) in Brazil. The mission is called ‘Spaceward’, with a launch window between 28 October and 28 November. The launch vehicle will carry a total of eight payloads on board from India, Brazil and South Korea, five of which are small satellites that will separate from the rocket, while the remaining three will remain on the upper stage. The Hanbit-Nano is a 21.7 m tall two-stage to orbit rocket capable of delivering 90 kg of payloads to an altitude of 500 km.

This is the first time that a private company from South Korea has been cleared to launch an orbital flight by the Korea

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