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An online event supporting the prompt establishment of the Sacheon Aerospace Agency in Gyeongnam is being held until the 28th.

Gyeongnam Province announced on the 9th that the event was organized to promote the passage of the special law on the establishment and operation of the Aerospace Agency and to ensure the agency is established in Sacheon within this year.

The event is being held to introduce the Aerospace Agency in an easy-to-understand way and to gather nationwide interest and support so that the establishment of the Aerospace Agency can be swiftly promoted for South Korea's leap to becoming a space powerhouse.

According to the province, the Aerospace Agency will be established as a control tower overseeing space-related technology development and industrial promotion policies, modeled after the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

It will be a central administrative agency under the Ministry of Science and ICT and is scheduled to be established in Sacheon, Gyeongnam within this year.

Currently, the special law on the Aerospace Agency was approved by the Cabinet meeting on April 4 and submitted to the National Assembly on April 6.

If the special law is passed in the first half of this year, the government plans to establish the Aerospace Agency within this year to open South Korea’s space era and settle it as a central institution to realize the space economy roadmap, aiming to become one of the world’s top seven space powers by 2045.

The province is producing promotional videos and images for the establishment of the Aerospace Agency in Gyeongnam within this year and is promoting them through television (TV), newspapers, the Gyeongnam Province website, social networking services (SNS), and YouTube, while also conducting an online event.

Sacheon Space Aviation Agency Establishment Support Gauge Increase Event Screen. [Image source=Space Aviation Agency Gyeongsangnam-do Sacheon Establishment Support EVENT page]

To participate in the event, visit the ‘Support Event for the Establishment of the Aerospace Agency in Sacheon, Gyeongnam’ page and either press the support button to fill the gauge (bar) or leave a supportive comment on the event video posted on Gyeongnam Province’s official YouTube channel ‘Gyeongnam TV.’

Winners will be selected by lottery and awarded various prizes such as coffee and pizza gift certificates.

Detailed application methods can be found on the event page.

Jang Suhwan, the public relations officer, said, “We hope this event will provide an opportunity for residents to better understand the Aerospace Agency and empathize with the necessity of its establishment. We also hope that residents will show great interest not only in the passage of the special law but also in ensuring the Aerospace Agency is established smoothly in Sacheon, Gyeongnam.”

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