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oreas third and final attempt at placing a satellite in orbit under the Naro rocket project has been postponed due to a leak detected during the pre-launch fueling on Friday morning.
The Naro-3 launch vehicle also known as the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) was to lift off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla province between 3:30 and 7 p.m. Korea time. The precise time was to have been announced at 1:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. PDT), according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
However, the Ministry announced instead that the launch has been postponed due to a leak in a part connecting the rocket with the launch pad fueling system while helium gas was being injecting this morning. The leakage was detected in the rockets Russian-built first stage. If the problem can be repaired without delay, the launch will be rescheduled at least three days later.
The aim of the Naro project is to make S. Korea the worlds 10th nation to orbit a satellite using its own rocket technology. The Naro rocket isnt entirely homegrown. The first-stage booster rocket was developed by Russia while the second stage, the housing, gantry and the satellite were developed by S. Korea.
The first Naro launch attempt, using an earlier version of the launch vehicle and housing, took place in August of 2009. It failed because the satellite failed to separate from the rockets second stage and plunged into the ocean.
The second attempt in June 2010 failed because the launch vehicle exploded two minutes and 17 seconds after liftoff for reasons that have yet to be determined.
An extra-rigorous seven-hour launch inspection and rehearsal had already been held Thursday during which the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) conducted a launch simulation for the second-stage rocket.
The launch rehearsal results did not reveal any abnormal conditions, Kim Seung-jo, president of KARI, had said yesterday.
The Naro-3s payload is a 100-kilogram (220-pound) research satellite that will be placed into orbit at least 302 kilometers (188 miles) above the earth.
The success or failure of the launch will have no impact on the planned end to the Naro program after the third launch. It will be followed by a more ambitious, 100% domestically-developed orbital launch project dubbed KSLV-2 that was launched in 2005. It aims to develop a larger rocket that can place a 1.5-ton satellite in orbit. The Naro rocket is designed to place a 100-kilogram satellite in low earth orbit.
Koreas space budget is relatively modest by the standards of NASA or even Chinas space program. Its total budget was 360 billion won ($320 million) in 2010 and 270 billion won ($240 million) in 2011. The budget is expected to increase dramatically as the KSLV-2 program moves ahead.
Asian American: S. Korea Postpones 3rd Orbital Launch Attempt Due to Leak Goldsea
The Naro-3 launch vehicle also known as the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) was to lift off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla province between 3:30 and 7 p.m. Korea time. The precise time was to have been announced at 1:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. PDT), according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
However, the Ministry announced instead that the launch has been postponed due to a leak in a part connecting the rocket with the launch pad fueling system while helium gas was being injecting this morning. The leakage was detected in the rockets Russian-built first stage. If the problem can be repaired without delay, the launch will be rescheduled at least three days later.
The aim of the Naro project is to make S. Korea the worlds 10th nation to orbit a satellite using its own rocket technology. The Naro rocket isnt entirely homegrown. The first-stage booster rocket was developed by Russia while the second stage, the housing, gantry and the satellite were developed by S. Korea.
The first Naro launch attempt, using an earlier version of the launch vehicle and housing, took place in August of 2009. It failed because the satellite failed to separate from the rockets second stage and plunged into the ocean.
The second attempt in June 2010 failed because the launch vehicle exploded two minutes and 17 seconds after liftoff for reasons that have yet to be determined.
An extra-rigorous seven-hour launch inspection and rehearsal had already been held Thursday during which the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) conducted a launch simulation for the second-stage rocket.
The launch rehearsal results did not reveal any abnormal conditions, Kim Seung-jo, president of KARI, had said yesterday.
The Naro-3s payload is a 100-kilogram (220-pound) research satellite that will be placed into orbit at least 302 kilometers (188 miles) above the earth.
The success or failure of the launch will have no impact on the planned end to the Naro program after the third launch. It will be followed by a more ambitious, 100% domestically-developed orbital launch project dubbed KSLV-2 that was launched in 2005. It aims to develop a larger rocket that can place a 1.5-ton satellite in orbit. The Naro rocket is designed to place a 100-kilogram satellite in low earth orbit.
Koreas space budget is relatively modest by the standards of NASA or even Chinas space program. Its total budget was 360 billion won ($320 million) in 2010 and 270 billion won ($240 million) in 2011. The budget is expected to increase dramatically as the KSLV-2 program moves ahead.
Asian American: S. Korea Postpones 3rd Orbital Launch Attempt Due to Leak Goldsea
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