Combining Korea’s space program with our long-established technology in the global market will creat..

Combining Korea’s space program with our long-established technology in the global market will create a big synergy between the two international locations. It can dramatically shorten the building interval of a ‘space dome’ that defends the airspace of the Republic of Korea.”

Tales Alenia Space (TAS), a global space defense company, has proposed a strategy for implementing omnidirectional space cooperation between Korea and Italy. The idea is that if its unique geostationary satellite technology is combined with the Korean space surveillance network and air defense system, it can create clear synergy. The proposal comes as the relationship between South Korea and Italy has recently been upgraded to a “particular strategic partnership,” laying the institutional foundation for advanced science and technology and space security cooperation.

“If space safety consultations between the two governments progress, we’re able to launch satellites earlier than 2030 to steer the improvement of South Korea’s nationwide protection,” TAS CEO Ervedrei said in a recent Mail Business interview. “The technology linking geostationary early warning satellites and floor radars, that are the core of our built-in space air protection system ‘SkyDefender’, is the greatest resolution to fully complement South Korea’s missile protection community in space,” he stressed.

The core of Sky Defender, proposed by CEO Drey as a cooperation card for the Korea-Italian space alliance, is the “Early Warning System for Geostationary Orbit,” which concentrates advanced space technology. In order to capture the missile threat of the enemy in real time, it is equipped with an ultra-precise infrared (IR) sensor on a geostationary orbit (GEO) satellite 36,000 kilometers above the sky, and immediately captures the heat source in the early stages of missile launch from the front line of space.

Under the SkyDefender system, TAS plans to target the Korean market based on a multi-layered space surveillance network system that links data detected by geostationary satellites to clusters of low-orbit (LEO) tracking satellites and long-distance UHF radars in real time.

Such an active space technology proposal is in line with the current trend in which the leaders of the two countries officially operated science and technology cooperation in high-tech industries. As the horizon of cooperation between the two expands beyond simple diplomatic exchanges to the space domain, global players who have already built trust for decades in the domestic defense and space industries seem to be moving quickly on the front line.

In fact, TAS has completed the ‘425 Reconnaissance Satellite Cluster (SAR) Project’ to secure the South Korean military’s independent surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in cooperation with key domestic institutions and companies such as the Defense Research Institute (ADD) and Hanwha System.

CEO Dray said, “Since the launch of Unit 4 in November 2025, the complete cluster satellite tv for pc has been efficiently powered and is at present working completely in space orbit. As the Korean space business has already grown into a robust chief with its personal autonomy in the global provide chain, it will lead the next-generation space enterprise collectively as an equal associate past easy technology switch.”

Space cooperation between the two countries goes beyond the air defense system and directly leads to the goal of securing the country’s ‘independent space sovereignty’. TAS is currently leading the design and manufacture of core navigation payloads that act as the heart of Korea’s own satellite navigation system (KPS) with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and others, and is working closely with LIG Nex1 in the ground station sector.

“True space sovereignty comes from the means to function impartial techniques and evolve themselves with out exterior dependence,” CEO Drey said. “We will present full space technology help and joint analysis to Korea till the evolution of low-orbit precision navigation multi-layered constructions, which will develop into a key infrastructure for future mobility and next-generation communication.”

▶Tales Alenia Space (TAS)
TAS is Europe’s largest satellite tv for pc producer established in collaboration with French protection large Thales and Italian aviation protection firm Leonardo. Leading the mega pattern of the global space business, it generates 2.3 billion euros (about 4 trillion received) in annual gross sales in all areas of space, together with army reconnaissance, Earth remark, and satellite tv for pc navigation. ▶Ervedrei, CEO of TAS
Drei, is an genuine space and protection skilled with greater than 30 years of expertise in telecommunications, protection, and knowledge engineering techniques, graduated from France’s prime engineering school, Ecole Polytechnique. Currently, he’s additionally the chairman of the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS) Space Committee, and is taken into account a key decision-maker for European space hegemony.