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Seoul likely to set new date for space rocket launch
South Korea will likely set a new date for the launch of its first space rocket Monday after a Russian-made defective part of the rocket made it impossible to send off the rocket last week, officials said.The Launch Preparation Committee was to be convened at 11 a.m. to decide when the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) will take place.The rocket, also known as Naro-1, was originally set to be launched Friday, but the launch was called off due to a broken rubber seal in the conn
Technology Oct. 29, 2012
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Rocket launch delay will last until mid-November at earliest
South Korea is likely to make its third attempt to launch its first-ever space rocket in mid-November at the earliest after being forced to postpone it hours before liftoff due to a technical glitch, officials said Saturday.On Friday, South Korea postponed its latest attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro-1, after a potential fuel leak was detected during the final inspection.Officials at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Aer
Social Affairs Oct. 28, 2012
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Korea's rocket launch expected in mid-November
South Korea is likely to make its third attempt to launch its first-ever space rocket in mid-November at the earliest after being forced to postpone it hours before liftoff due to a technical glitch, officials said Saturday.On Friday, South Korea postponed its latest attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro-1, after a potential fuel leak was detected during the final inspection.Officials at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Aer
Technology Oct. 28, 2012
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Naro rocket launch delayed
Korea canceled the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro rocket, on Friday after detecting a gas leak in the helium injection system.Officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that it would have to postpone the launch by at least three days until engineers and researchers fixed the problem.Korea has until the end of this month to launch the Naro rocket.Otherwise, the country will need another clearance from global
Technology Oct. 26, 2012
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Korea's space rocket launch delayed due to technical glitch
South Korea postponed its launch of a space rocket Friday due to a problem that was detected only hours before its scheduled liftoff. Cho Yul-rae, vice minister of education, science and technology, said the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) will be delayed at least three days. "A leak has been detected from a connection between the first-stage rocket of the KSLV-1 and the launch pad," Cho told a press briefing. The problem was detected during a final inspection of the s
Technology Oct. 26, 2012
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Space rocket ready for lift-off Friday
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 is scheduled for liftoff at 3:30 p.m. Friday with Koreans hoping it will open a new chapter in the nation’s space technology. The rocket known as the Naro-3 was placed on the launch pad next to the launch platform pointing straight to the sky at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. Final preparations were performed from the control tower on Thursday.Naro-3 is a two-stage space launch vehicle. It stands 33.5 meters tall, has a maximum diameter
Technology Oct. 25, 2012
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S. Korea begins dress rehearsal for rocket launch
South Korea started a final systems check on its space rocket on Thursday, a day ahead of its planned launch from a space center on the country's south coast, the government said.The outcome of the dress rehearsal on the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro-1, will come out at around 11 p.m., according to The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The Naro-1 was erected and fastened to the launch pad at the Naro Space Center, some 485 kilometers south of Seoul, on Wed
Technology Oct. 25, 2012
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Naro rocket ready for launch on Friday
Korea has started its countdown for the expected launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, also known as the Naro rocket.There is slight chance of rain on the day of its third attempt to shoot it into space, but officials said the launch schedule remains set for Friday at 3:30 p.m.This will be the first and last launch of Naro using Russian technology including a liquid-fueled rocket engine, should it succeed.Korea has an agreement with Russia in which the latter will provide three engines tak
Technology Oct. 24, 2012
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Korea hopes for success of Naro
Space technology has advanced through trial and error, a solace for Korean scientists who were humiliated by the past two failed launches of the country’s first locally assembled rocket called Naro. Advanced economies such as the U.S. and Japan have a record of launch failures. Even Russia, which fired the most rockets into space between 1957 and 2011, had several misfires.In a survey of 1,000 Koreans by a local news agency, over 80 percent said that Korea should increase its space investment an
Social Affairs Oct. 24, 2012
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[Editorial] Space program must go on
Korea is set to make its third and final attempt to launch a satellite using the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, a carrier rocket developed with the assistance of Russia. If weather conditions allow, the KSLV-1, also called the Naro-1, will blast off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, on the southwestern coast of the nation, Friday afternoon to put a science satellite into orbit 302 kilometers above the earth. All necessary pre-launch preparations and checks have been made, except a final dry-
Editorial Oct. 24, 2012
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Korea lags behind in spending for space development
Korea lags far behind other economies such as the U.S., Russia and Japan in space technology investment.The country is also behind China and India, which have made significant investments in the development of their lunar probe programs.The country hopes to conduct its first successful space rocket launch this week after two failed attempts in August 2009 and June 2010. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, also known as Naro-1, is the country’s first locally assembled space rocket.Its first-stage t
Technology Oct. 23, 2012
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S. Korea likely to launch space rocket as scheduled: minister
South Korea plans to go ahead with the scheduled launch of its space rocket this week, at least for now, though weather conditions and other factors may prompt last-minute changes, the science minister said Monday."We have confirmed after considerations of weather conditions and preparations for the launch that the launch will be possible on Oct. 26," Minister of Education, Science and Technology Lee Ju-ho told reporters.The space rocket, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), is currently s
Technology Oct. 22, 2012
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‘Brain drain in science and engineering on the rise’
Science and engineering students leaving to study abroad has surpassed over 35,000 and the number continues to rise, a report showed on Thursday.A record 36,914 undergraduate and postgraduate students in natural sciences and engineering went abroad in 2011, up nearly 27 percent on 2008, according to a report submitted to Rep. Park Hon-keun of the opposition Democratic United Party by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The number reached 34,629 in 2010, up from 32,662 in 2009, show
Social Affairs Oct. 18, 2012
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Seoul to unveil new satellite for Naro space rocket
South Korea will this week unveil a new satellite that it will launch aboard its space rocket later this year, the government said Thursday.The Science and Technology Satellite-2C (STSAT-2C) will be revealed to the public Friday in a pre-shipment ceremony to be held at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The satellite, indigenously developed by KAIST, is the third
Technology Aug. 23, 2012
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KARI upbeat about rocket project
Space agency chief says lessons from two failed attempts to help successful launch of KSLV-1 in OctoberThe chief of Korea’s aerospace agency expressed optimism ahead of the launch of the nation’s first space vehicle slated for October. “Everything is under control and I’m sure we’ll have a successful launch in October,” Kim Seung-jo, president of Korea Aerospace Research Institute, said in an interview with The Korea Herald. Korea failed in its previous two attempts to launch its own rocket in 2
Technology Aug. 6, 2012
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Korea’s third rocket launch attempt set for October
Despite two previous failures, Korea is gearing up to launch the country’s first rocket from its own territory in October, a top government official confirmed.Minister of Education, Science and Technology Lee Ju-ho said on Friday that the first stage of the KSLV-1 launch vehicle has been completed and will be delivered from Russia to Korea before the end of August. Lee made the comment after visiting Russia’s Khrunichev Space Center in Moscow, which designed and assembled the lower part of the s
Technology June 3, 2012
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KAIST’s Lee wins award from China for friendship
Lee InLee In, aeronautical engineering professor of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has received Award for Friendship in an event hosted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing on Sept. 29.The award is given to foreign managers or experts for contributions to the development
Social Affairs Oct. 20, 2011
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Russia seeks strategic ties with Korea: envoy
Through both business and diplomacy, the ties between Korea and Russia have become among the nation’s most important.The next step for both countries is to enhance high-level exchanges, boost strategic cooperation and work together on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula and the international sta
Foreign Affairs Aug. 28, 2011
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Korail offers free-accommodation summer train
Korail’s South Jeolla Province office said it will run a “free accommodation summer train,” which will leave Seoul on Aug. 5 for a one-night, two-day trip to Balpo Beach in Goheung County in South Jeolla Province. The train will leave at 8:10 a.m. and arrive in Suncheon Station at 1 p.m. Major tourist sites of the package will include Naro Space Center, Sorok Island and Balpo Beach. A free accommo
Travel July 29, 2011
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Park to lead South Korean rocket development project
Park Tae-hakPark Tae-hak, senior researcher at the Agency for Defense Development, will lead a project to develop technologies needed to launch an entirely Korean-made space launch vehicleThe Ministry of Education and Science and Technology said Tuesday that it has appointed Park the project leader at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and would soon initiate the first phase of the project. Du
People July 12, 2011
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