Russia’s long awaited Angara booster lifted off today on a suborbital test flight which carried with it the hopes of a revival in the Russian launch industry after years decades of reliance on Soviet era boosters. The Angara 1.2PP or ML (Maiden Launch) Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV) lifted off from the far northern Plesetsk cosmodrome […]
Source: Chosun Media South Korea will try once again to launch its beleaguered KSLV rocket, with another attempt tentatively scheduled for late January. The rocket, which is also called Naro, has suffered two previous flight failures. The third and final vehicle under the collaborative program which features a Russian liquid fueled first stage and a Korean solid fuel second stage, was originally scheduled to launch […]
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.
After a replacement fueling block from Russia arrived by air on Saturday, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute has set Nov. 29th as the new tentative launch date for its NARO rocket. If all goes as planned, liftoff will occur at 4:00 PM local time. This will mark the third and final flight for the NARO, or KSLV-3 as it is formally designated, and the end […]
Korea has announced that the upcoming launch of its Nar0-3 rocket will be further delayed while it awaits the arrival of a new fuel coupler from Russia. The Korean Space Agency (KARI) had hoped to reschedule the launch of the two stage rocket to sometime around November 17, but has yet to receive a firm delivery date on the replacement component, leading to a […]
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 […]
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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