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Perigee Aerospace

operating 11–50 employees

Develops small-lift methane-fueled launch vehicles and manufactures liquid propulsion systems, composite tanks, and satellite thrusters

About

Perigee Aerospace is a South Korean launch vehicle developer and propulsion systems manufacturer headquartered in Daejeon. Founded in 2018 with roots in sounding rocket research at KAIST, the company designs, builds, and tests methalox engines and launch vehicles in-house. Its primary vehicle is the Blue Whale 1, a two-stage small-lift rocket capable of delivering up to 200 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit. Perigee also manufactures propulsion components including cold gas CubeSat thrusters, cryogenic composite propellant tanks, and electroformed thrust chambers, and has secured launch site agreements at Sweden's Esrange Space Center and Australia's Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex.

Products & Services

34 kN sea-level / 38 kN vacuum turbopump-fed LOX/methane engine for Blue Whale 1 first stage
Suborbital test vehicle with Skyblue pressure-fed engines for microgravity payload services
Two-stage small-lift orbital launch vehicle delivering up to 200 kg to 500 km SSO, powered by nine LOX/methane Blue 1S engines
Cryo-compatible linerless carbon composite tanks up to 2.0 m diameter
Cold gas propulsion system using refrigerant propellant in 0.8U and 2U form factors
7 kN vacuum pressure-fed LOX/methane engine with 20-100% deep throttling for upper stages and lunar landers

Locations

Daejeon, KR
HQ - Rocket Development Complex
Okcheon, KR
Rocket Development Complex (RDC)
Seoul, KR
Future Tech Lab

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Overview

Founded 2018
HQ Daejeon, South Korea
Type Private Company

Leadership

Yoon Shin
Founder & CEO
Seonghyeon Seo
CTO
Alan Kim
CFO
Eunkwang Lee
VP of Propulsion
Daehyun Hwang
VP of Launch System
Sooyeon Shim
VP of Strategy & Management
Sebum Chun
VP of Flight Control

Classification