Perigee Aerospace

Perigee Aerospace is a private developer and manufacturer of orbital and sub-orbital launch vehicles located in Daejeon, South Korea. The company was formally established in 2018, but work began in 2012, initially with the launch of sounding rockets.
, Perigee Aerospace employed 30 people. It develops the small orbital rocket Blue Whale 1. As of 2019, the company also planned to develop a larger rocket.
Vehicles.
Blue Whale 1.
The two-stage Blue Whale 1 is planned to become the smallest orbital rocket in the world with a mass of only 1790 kg. Launching from a pad owned by Southern Launch at Whalers Way in South Australia, where no environmental approval has yet been granted and development is opposed by local residents, conservations and marine sanctuary experts, it can deliver up to 50 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 500 km. The maiden flight was planned for July 2020 but did not happen as of November 2020. Perigee Aerospace hopes to build the capacity to launch up to 40 Blue Whale 1 rockets per year at a price of US$2 million. As of April 2021, the first launch is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
Sounding Rockets.
According to an interview posted on the website of Explore University in March 2020, an educational program by Dong-A Science, Perigee Aerospace also planned to launch a sounding rocket developed in collaboration with KAIST. 