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South Korea's First Rocket Fails To Reach Set Orbit

Posted by kdawson on from the ground-control-to-major-tom dept.

Matt_dk writes "The first satellite launched by South Korea failed to reach its designated orbit pattern on Tuesday, the NY Times is reporting. The two-staged KSLV-1 rocket, built in cooperation with Russia, failed to deliver the 100-kilogram oceanic and atmospheric research satellite into its target orbit. The rocket was launched from the Naro Space Center, 300 miles south of the capital Seoul. 'The failure to push the satellite into its intended orbit was announced by Ahn Myong-man, the minister of education, science and technology, at a news conference. Mr. Ahn gave no further details. But South Korean news outlets, citing unidentified sources, said the satellite broke away from the rocket about 22 miles farther from the Earth than had been intended.'"

5 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. Sometimes they just say that by Informative · · Score: 1, Interesting

    to hide spy activities.
    Ooops, maybe I wasn't supposed to say that.

  2. N.K by DirtyCanuck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    âoeNorth Korea will surely try to use the South Korean launch to justify its own,â said Jeung Young-tae, an analyst at the government-financed Korea Institute for National Unification. âoeBut in the end, its attempt will be dismissed as propaganda because there are clear differences between the two.â

    Dismissed by who? The rest of world who already knows everything he says is loaded bull.

    Or the "citizens" of North Korea who are brainwashed into believing (or supporting) every word he says.

    The people of North Korea are so isolated he could say the Japanese were sending over Godzilla to justify an attack, and the outcome would be the same with regards to domestic support.

  3. However by geekoid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    it went far enough to remind N.Korea that S.Korea has rockets.

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  4. Even Gov't funded programs can fail... by LS1+Brains · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Call me a fan, but I've been watching with great interest in the new space-bound projects. Lots of folks (/. and elsewhere) tore up privately-funded programs such as Space-X when they have had mishaps, but this is a clear reminder "this space stuff" isn't exactly trivial.

    Speaking of Space-X, looks like they've actually been doing quite well, getting things reliably up in the air and on schedule. I can't wait for the day they (or anyone else in the private sector) can provide reliable human transport!

  5. 300mi South of Seoul? by pete-classic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WTF? Naro and Seoul are damn near the two widest flung points in the R.o.K. This is a bit like describing NASA's Houston control facility as "1200 miles South West of Washington D.C." It's correct, but not particularly useful.

    -Peter