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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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