Jae-Pil Park

Jae-Pil Park is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Nara Space Technology, a South Korean Startup providing end-to-end smallsat manufacturing (<50 kg) and data analytics services for finance, natural disaster monitoring, environmental management, and smart city applications. Founded in 2015, Nara Space has grown today into a team of 50+experts, having contributed to more than 20 domestic and international space technology projects along the way. At Nara, Jae-Pil leads the company's strategy and operations, establishing the company as a key player on the South Korean market for comprehensive cubesat solutions. Under his leadership Nara Space saw the successful launch of the company’s first 16U Earth Observation satellite, Observer-1A in November 2023 marking an important milestone as South Korea’s first commercial cube satellite mission. . Outside the cleanroom, Jae-Pil is a passionate science and space communicator as a regular contributor to his Alma mater Yonsei University campus events and as NaraSpace’s Youtube channel host.