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S. Korea's Naro space rocket set to blast off on Jan. 30
South Korea will again seek to join the elite global space club next week with a third launch of its Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), the science ministry said Thursday.The space rocket, also known as Naro, will be launched Wednesday from the country's Naro Space Center, 480 kilometers south of Seoul, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said in a released statement. The decision came at a meeting of the Launch Preparation Committee."After reviewing launch preparations and wea
Technology Jan. 24, 2013
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Space center guard caught after going AWOL
An Army private who deserted his post while guarding the Naro Space Center on Thursday was apprehended by a military search party, authorities said.The 21-year-old soldier identified only by his family name of Lee was caught around 1:52 p.m., four hours after he was reported absent without leave (AWOL) by his unit. The soldier belonged to the 31st division's headquarters company and was part of a guard duty detail searching for dangerous objects on Mt. Bongnae near the space center in Goheung, 4
Social Affairs Jan. 24, 2013
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Seoul to set definite date for launch of Naro space rocket
South Korea will this week set a more definite date for the liftoff of its Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), the government said Wednesday.The country's Launch Preparation Committee earlier set Jan.30-Feb. 8 as possible dates for what will be its third launch of KSLV-1, also known as Naro."The committee will be convened at 11 a.m. Thursday and select a launch date within the candidate dates after reviewing technical preparations and weather conditions," the Ministry of Education, Science an
Technology Jan. 21, 2013
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Seoul to launch Naro space rocket between Jan. 30-Feb. 8
South Korea will launch its Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) between Jan. 30 and Feb. 8, a government committee said Wednesday.It will be the country's third attempt to send off the space rocket, also known as Naro, after its two earlier attempts in 2009 and 2010 ended in failures."After reviewing technical issues, the Launch Preparation Committee has decided to push for the third launch of Naro between Jan. 30 and Feb. 8 with the final launch date to be decided later, depending on weather
Technology Jan. 16, 2013
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S. Korea expected to launch space rocket on Jan. 25
South Korea is expected to try again to launch its space rocket later this month after successfully conducting experiments to check if all systems are working properly, a government source said Sunday. The official said South Korean and Russian researchers are expected to discuss results of repairs made to the rocket late last year and touch on the present state of the Naro-1 rocket. He added Seoul successfully carried out combustion tests on the kick motor on the locally built second stage
Technology Jan. 13, 2013
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[Editorial] Seoul’s Sputnik moment
North Korea’s launch of a satellite using a self-developed rocket was a Sputnik moment for the South. It shocked South Koreans just as Sputnik 1, the first satellite the Soviet Union put into space in October 1957, shocked Americans.Experts say the South is five to seven years behind the North in space technology. Seoul has yet to develop its own carrier rocket. Naro-1, the South’s first satellite carrier, has suffered two successive launch failures, with the third attempt delayed twice due to t
Editorial Dec. 17, 2012
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S. Korea analyzing salvaged N. Korean rocket debris
South Korean authorities on Friday moved to analyze the debris of a North Korean long-range rocket, launched earlier this week in defiance of repeated international warnings. “The debris will be important material that can verify North Korean missile capability,” Kim Min-seok, a spokesperson at the South’s Defense Ministry said. North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket blasted off from a launch site Wednesday and put a satellite into orbit. Its first-stage booster broke into four pieces and dropped into the
Defense Dec. 14, 2012
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Naro rocket launch called off due to technical glitch
Korea called off the launch of its first space rocket again on Thursday due to a technical glitch on its electronic systems.Officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that they detected malfunctions in the control system for a hydraulic pump that provides the thrust to the second-stage solid rocket.“We will further look for and resolve the problem, and announce a new launch date in the near future,” Education, Science and Techno
Technology Nov. 29, 2012
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Glitches do not deter Korea’s space program
Korea has once again canceled the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro, on Thursday due to technical problems on the second-stage solid-fuel rocket’s thrust vector control system.Given that this will make it the final attempt to blast the rocket, jointly developed by Russia and Korea, into space, Korea is playing it safe by making sure everything is in perfect order before launching the Naro one last time.“Rockets require more than a million sophisticated components. One small
Technology Nov. 29, 2012
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S. Korea delays scheduled launch of space rocket
South Korea's third attempt to send a space rocket from its own soil was again pushed back Thursday due to problems in the upper second-stage rocket of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1.When the launch will be possible was to be determined later, according to Cho Yul-rae, vice minister for science and technology."Abnormal signals from the thrust vector system of the upper (second) stage rocket of Naro have been detected," he told a press briefing.Thrust vectoring refers to the ability of an aircr
Technology Nov. 29, 2012
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Final rehearsal yields no major problem for launch of space rocket
No issue that might lead to a forced delay of South Korea's scheduled launch of a space rocket was found in a final rehearsal Wednesday, launch organizers said.They said the analysis of data obtained in the launch rehearsal confirmed the launch of Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro-1, on Thursday is "technically possible.""A comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the data showed the launch of Naro space rocket tomorrow is technically possible," the Korea Aerospace Resear
Technology Nov. 28, 2012
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Naro rocket set for third attempt
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or Naro rocket, is set for its third launch on Thursday. If successful in putting a scientific satellite mounted on the rocket into orbit, Korea will become the 10th country with its own capability to develop and launch a rocket.The first attempt ended in failure 540.8 seconds after the launch due to malfunction of a fairing, a cover for the payload satellite, in August 2009.The rocket failed a second time, exploding 137.3 seconds after launch in June 2010. The
Technology Nov. 28, 2012
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S. Korea deploys Aegis ships to track rocket launch
The South Korean military has deployed two Aegis destroyers off its southern coast to trace a space rocket to be launched later this week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.The two Aegis warships with an advanced radar system left for the nation‘s southern waters to follow the path of the two-stage Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) after it takes off at Naro Space Center on the south coast on Thursday.“Two Aegis warships have been deployed to guard southern waters near Naro Space Center
Defense Nov. 27, 2012
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Seoul set to launch space rocket on Nov. 29
South Korea plans to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) next week in its third attempt to send a rocket into space from its own soil, a government committee said Thursday."Nov. 29 has been set as the candidate launch date," the Naro Launch Preparation Committee said in a released statement. "The possible time of the launch will be between 4 and 6:55 p.m. with the actual time to be decided on the launch date."It said, however, that both the date and time were still tentative as bad
Technology Nov. 22, 2012
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Naro space rocket launch likely on Nov. 29
South Korea will likely launch a space rocket next Thursday, the government said Monday, two days after the arrival of a replacement for a defective part in the rocket partly built by Russia.“When considering the time needed to thoroughly examine the new part and prepare for a launch, Nov. 29 is technically the most suitable for a third launch of the Naro rocket,” the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said in a press release.The ministry added the Launch Preparation Committee will be
Nov. 19, 2012
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Rocket component transported to Naro Center
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that a newly-made Russian component of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro rocket, arrived at its space center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province on Saturday.Naro’s adaptor block, the helium supply system that gives the thrust during the liftoff, was found to be defective, causing Korea to cancel its scheduled rocket launch last month.The block also led to defective rubber seals that held the helium during the injection into the fir
Technology Nov. 18, 2012
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Korea's launch of space rocket to be further delayed: officials
South Korea's planned launch of a space rocket will likely be further delayed, government officials said Wednesday, as the Russian replacement for a defective part in the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is not expected to arrive here until the end of the week.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and its Launch Preparation Committee earlier said the launch of the KSLV-1 would take place before Nov. 24.The replacement of the defective part, however, will likely arrive here on Sa
Technology Nov. 14, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Nuclear plant fiasco a matter of public trust
Distrust with the government is deepening following the shutdown of two nuclear reactors on Monday for using 230 substandard components. Although the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said the move was a preventive measure to exchange all unsuitable parts by the end of this year, people who remember the nuclear disaster in neighboring Japan last year are concerned over their safety. There is also anger stemming from the fact that the supply of substandard parts to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., th
Nov. 6, 2012
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[Kim Myong-sik] Koreans’ elusive obsession with national prestige
Of the many news reports last week, the following three items were particularly painful:The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 was postponed indefinitely due to a glitch in the fuel system. It was the third attempt to put a satellite into earth’s orbit after two failures in 2009 and 2010, the first a malfunction of the fairing device and the second a mid-air explosion because of a still unknown cause.Suh Nam-pyo announced he would resign as KAIST president in February 2013, a year and a
Viewpoints Oct. 31, 2012
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Naro rocket launch set for mid-November
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro rocket, will be launched between Nov. 9 and 24 after a thorough investigation into the cause of a parts failure that forced the cancellation its initial Oct. 26 liftoff date, officials said on Monday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Korea Aerospace Research Institute said they also plan to file with global agencies such as the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization on Tuesday to get
Technology Oct. 29, 2012
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