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missty
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 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:15 pm Post subject: South Korean Rocket Ready for Launch |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10269459.stm
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South Korea is set to loft a satellite into space for the first time, after an attempt last year failed.
Ground controllers plan to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 (KSLV-1) on Wednesday between 1630 and 1840 (0730-0940GMT) from the Naro Space Center in Goheung.
The launch will up the ante in what some observers have described as an "Asian space race".
China, India and Japan have developed a launch capability; China has also sent three manned missions into space.
Officials have decided to go ahead with the launch after fixing an electrical problem picked up during launch preparations.
The part-Russian, part South Korean rocket will launch a 91kg (200lb) test satellite called the Science and Technology Satellite 2B (STSAT 2B).
The rocket stands 33m (108ft) tall and will be launched from the country's new spaceport on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.
South Korea's first launch of the two-stage KSLV-1, in August last year, failed to place its satellite payload into the proper orbit.
Four months previously, an attempted space launch by North Korea was deemed to have failed when the US reported that both rocket stages had fallen into the Pacific Ocean. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:14 am Post subject: Re: South Korean Rocket Ready for Launch |
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The part-Russian, part South Korean rocket |
So who made what? And where's Mith? |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: South Korean Rocket Ready for Launch |
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The part-Russian, part South Korean rocket |
So who made what? |
The Russians made the rocket, SK supplied the paint job  |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Oops! No space race for SK just yet. Did it stay up in the sky longer the second time around tho?
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/south.korea.rocket/index.html?hpt=T1
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South Korea loses contact with rocket
South Korea's missing space rocket may have crashed shortly after liftoff Thursday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said it lost contact with the space rocket, called Naro-1, eight minutes after liftoff.
The space agency was trying to determine what caused the breakdown, Yonhap reported.
The rocket was carrying a satellite that the country wanted to use to study climate change.
The launch was initially scheduled for Wednesday, but was scrapped after the firefighting equipment in the rocket malfunctioned. |
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kam1nsk1
Joined: 05 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Oops! No space race for SK just yet. Did it stay up in the sky longer the second time around tho?
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/south.korea.rocket/index.html?hpt=T1
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South Korea loses contact with rocket
South Korea's missing space rocket may have crashed shortly after liftoff Thursday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said it lost contact with the space rocket, called Naro-1, eight minutes after liftoff.
The space agency was trying to determine what caused the breakdown, Yonhap reported.
The rocket was carrying a satellite that the country wanted to use to study climate change.
The launch was initially scheduled for Wednesday, but was scrapped after the firefighting equipment in the rocket malfunctioned. |
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Less timeI think... |
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gakduki
Joined: 16 Jul 2009
Location: Passed out on line 2 going in circles
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:50 am Post subject: |
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They should quit wasting thier money and just join up with China and Japan or another major agency. They are trying to go after a market that is now fairly developed. Countries should be developing new technologies, not 50 year old ones, why reinvent the wheel? Who will trust a Korea satellite launching company when it's sucessful? Will it ever pay off? It will take years and tons of cash to win that reputation (and don't compare it to the auto industry). If they just teamed up with another country, they would save money and still develop a viable aerospace industry. Many other countries could technically launch a satellite, but have chosen the more rational team work than a self pride sort of space race. Hey were 10th!
Some people predict it will be a major industry in the future and has grown rapidly, but near space is already getting crowded and it is a better possibility that the satellites will just become much more sophisticated than numerous. So wouldn't it just be smart to design satellites and parts that can do the work of many than to design a way to get satellites into orbit when there are already many countries that can do it? How much profit can be in it when there are already pleanty of competitors and more economical areas for a launch?
It's astonishing what this country has accomplished but at some point they have to realize it's better to specialize in some area's than be a jack of all trades. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| I could imagine the air where people where in public places watching the launch on big screens. If you fail, then try again. |
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