Nara Space Successfully Launches and Communicates with Climate Satellite 'Gyeonggisaet-1'

## NARA SPACE, Climate Satellite 'GyeonggiSat-1' Successfully Settles into Orbit and Establishes Communication NARA SPACE, a company specializing in nanosatellites, announced on the 1st the successful orbital insertion of its climate monitoring satellite 'GyeonggiSat-1' and successful two-way communication with the ground station, opening a new chapter in the space era. GyeonggiSat-1 was launched on November 29th (KST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. Approximately one hour after launch, it successfully separated in orbit and immediately completed its first communication with NARA SPACE's headquarters satellite control center. This satellite, developed for Gyeonggi Province's climate and environmental information acquisition project, utilizes an optical-based multispectral camera to collect visible light and near-infrared images. The collected data will not only be utilized as key policy data for Gyeonggi Province for disaster monitoring, urban change detection, and rice crop analysis, but will also be linked with the greenhouse gas observation satellites GyeonggiSat-2A and 2B, to be launched in the future, to establish a comprehensive environmental monitoring infrastructure. This success signifies that NARA SPACE has once again proven the operational capabilities of its proprietary satellite platform, following 'Observer-1A' which is already in orbit, and has further secured a robust space heritage. Building on this success, NARA SPACE plans to accelerate the establishment of a satellite constellation operation system by building and operating a total of 84 nanosatellites, including the 'Observer' series and the methane observation satellite 'Narsha' series, by 2031. With this, it aims to expand satellite imagery services capable of high-frequency continuous observation into the industrial and public sectors. Park Jae-pil, CEO of NARA SPACE, stated that GyeonggiSat-1 became an important opportunity to verify the satellite mass production system and constellation operation capabilities, and expressed a strong commitment to building a private-sector-led constellation satellite operation system. Meanwhile, NARA SPACE is currently pursuing entry into the KOSDAQ market through a special technology listing.