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NARO Launch Set for Thursday

NARO Launch Set for Thursday

Source: Chosun Media The next launch attempt for South Korea’s NARO / KSLV-3 launch vehicle has been set for 4:00 PM local time, on Thursday, November 29th.  The launch window lasts through December 4th. If liftoff does not occur within this time frame, the next attempt will be delayed until 2013.

NARO Launch Delayed

NARO Launch Delayed

South Korea will have to wait a few more days for its next attempt to join the club of space faring nations.   The countdown of Friday’s planned launch of the Naro-3 rocket was halted when helium pressurization of flight systems revealed a leak in a fuel coupler at the pad / rocket interface.  The next launch attempt could […]

Korean Rocket Counting Down to Third Launch Attempt

Korean Rocket Counting Down to Third Launch Attempt

South Korea is counting down to the third launch  attempt of its NARO rocket, a two stage vehicle comprised of a Russian built liquid fueled first stage and a domestically produced solid second stage. The rocket, which was originally designated KSLV-1, is  named for the Korean Space Center on Outer Naro Island, 300 miles south of Seoul, […]

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