HANBIT-Nano Launch Vehicle
INNOSPACE
Two-stage hybrid-propulsion small satellite launch vehicle delivering up to 90 kg to 500 km SSO, with HyPER hybrid and LiMER methane upper-stage variants.
Technical specifications
- Payload capacity
- 90 kg (500 km SSO)
- Height
- 21.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.4 m
- Target orbit
- 500 km SSO
- Stage 1 engine thrust
- 245 kN (25 ton-class hybrid)
- Stage 1 burn time
- 150 sec
- Stage 1 specific impulse
- 292 sec
- Stage 1 propellant
- Paraffin / LOx (hybrid)
- Stage 2 — HyPER variant thrust
- 34 kN
- Stage 2 — HyPER burn time
- 270 sec
- Stage 2 — HyPER specific impulse
- 325 sec
- Stage 2 — HyPER propellant
- Paraffin / LOx (hybrid)
- Stage 2 — LiMER variant thrust
- 29 kN
- Stage 2 — LiMER specific impulse
- 350 sec
- Stage 2 — LiMER propellant
- Methane / LOx
About
HANBIT-Nano is INNOSPACE’s two-stage small satellite launcher, designed to deliver up to 90 kg of payload to a 500 km Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The first stage uses a 25-ton-class (245 kN) hybrid engine burning paraffin wax and liquid oxygen. The second stage is available in two configurations: HANBIT-Nano HyPER, using INNOSPACE’s 3-ton-class (34 kN) hybrid engine with a 325 s specific impulse, and HANBIT-Nano LiMER, using a newly developed 3-ton-class methane/LOX engine with a 350 s specific impulse for improved performance.
The vehicle has a 21.7 m total height and 1.4 m core diameter. INNOSPACE validated its hybrid propulsion technology with the HANBIT-TLV precursor vehicle, successfully launched from Brazil’s Alcantara Space Center in March 2023, making INNOSPACE the first Korean private company to reach space with a hybrid-propulsion orbital-class rocket.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
