President Yoon Suk Yeol praised the successful launch of the domestically developed space rocket Nuri on Thursday, saying it is a "splendid feat" that elevates Korea's status among the Group of Seven space powers.
Korea blasted satellites into orbit using its own rocket, becoming the seventh member of the exclusive club of space nations. But analysts warn that's just the beginning of a long journey, not the end.
With the successful launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-II), named Nuri, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) became the seventh space agency to succeed in putting a satellite weighing more than 1 ton into space.
Korea's homegrown rocket Nuri is again standing tall and ready on the launch pad, ahead of its lift-off slated for Tuesday.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-II), or Nuri, was canceled due to a malfunction of a sensor in an oxidizer tank in the first-stage booster.
Korea is taking a second shot at launching its homegrown carrier rocket into space on June 15, after the first trial in October ended in partial success.
The failure of a Korean rocket's payload to stay in orbit in October was due to a faulty design of an oxidizer tank, which led to the shutting down of the third-stage engine, the Ministry of Science and ICT said. On Wednesday, the ministry and ...
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-2), also known as the Nuri-ho, lifted off at 5 p.m. on Thursday from the Naro Space Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla. The moment the staff at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute...
Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-2), also known as the Nuri-ho, stands at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla, on Wednesday, a day before its launch scheduled for Oct. 21.
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