A team of domestic researchers has developed what it claims is the world’s first high-powered liquid propellant that can launch small satellites into orbit.

Led by Professor Kwon Se-jin of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the team developed a propulsion system module complete with a thruster and a ready to fly propellant feed system.

The propellant can control the movements of satellites weighting dozens of kilograms using the propulsion of less than one Newton, making it four times more powerful than the world’s first satellite propellant developed by Britain.

The propulsion system was developed in cooperation with the South Korean company Space Solution.