 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
SKorea to launch first space rocket in July: official
Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2009 South Korea's government said Tuesday it had approved plans to launch the country's first rocket into space in late July. The National Space Committee gave the green light to the planned launch, tentatively scheduled for July 30 at Naro Space Centre in Goheung, about 475km (297 miles) south of Seoul, a government statement said. Construction of the rocket is in effect complete and work is to begin soon to connect the first-stage main thruster to the second-stage space vehicle, the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute said. The thruster was built in Russia, which also helped design the launch pad. South Korean engineers built the rocket's second stage and the satellite it will carry into orbit. The launch vehicle weighs 140 tonnes, stands 33 metres (108 feet) tall and has a diameter of three metres. Seoul has spent some 500 billion won (340 million dollars) since 2002 on the project. The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) has been postponed twice. It was first delayed from late 2008 to late June this year after China's Sichuan province earthquake last year caused problems securing key parts, and again until late July to give engineers more time for tests. Rival North Korea in April fired a rocket to launch a satellite, but the United States and its allies say this was a disguise to test a long-range missile. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com
US Warns NKorea As Long-Range Missile Test Preparations ContinueSeoul (AFP) May 30, 2009 Unfazed by international anger at its second nuclear bomb test, a defiant North Korea was said Saturday to be preparing to launch a long-range missile. The United States stressed it would not accept the North as a nuclear-armed state and warned that more atomic tests could spark an arms race in East Asia. "A train carrying a long-range missile has been spotted at the weapons research ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook