GK2 Propulsion System

Abstract

This paper describes briefly the Chemical Propulsion System (PS) which has been used in the Korean bi-propellant Geostationary Satellite. The new commonly developed platform (GK2) went after design through acceptance test and final check out at launch site in Kourou. All this steps has been performed in a very close partnership between Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and ArianeGroup. In addition the common working approach between the Korean Aerospace Research Institute and the private company ArianeGroup GmbH will be illustrated which has been let to a successful partnership in development of a new propulsion platform - successfully flown first time December 2018. Besides this technical topic this partnership developed the dimension of a certain kind of Koreanisation in the field of bi-propellant space propulsion.