Update: South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for continuous efforts to secure the country’s “complete missile sovereignty” on Wednesday.

South Korea will now be able to develop a solid-propellant space rocket that could increase the country’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, according to new missile guidelines cosigned with the United States.

Washington and Seoul ultimately scrapped restrictions on solid fuels for space rocket launches after decades of prohibition, Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Hyun-chong announced during a press briefing on Tuesday. The change is effective immediately.

The restrictions have historically stifled the country’s ability to develop its civilian space sector,