South Korea has postponed a key satellite launch until the last weekof November because of delays in the arrival of rocket parts fromRussia, a senior official said Wednesday.
| The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 blasts off from the Naro Space Center in South Korea in June 2010. |
“We plan to inform international agencies of a new launch period ofbetween November 23 and 30,” the science ministry’s Research andDevelopment Policy Director Yang Sung-Kwang told journalists.
After two failures in 2009 and 2010, the planned rocket launch isconsidered crucial for South Korea’s efforts to join an elite club ofnations — including Asian powers China, Japan and India — capable ofputting a satellite in orbit.
The launch was originally scheduled for October 26 but it wascancelled at the last minute after engineers detected a broken rubberseal in a connector between the launch pad and the rocket’s first stage.
The 140-tonne Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) has a first stagemanufactured by Russia and a solid-fuel second stage built in SouthKorea.
The damaged seal was sent back to its Russian manufacturer forinspection and a new launch window was set between November 9-24, butdelays in Russia shipping a replacement resulted in a secondpostponement.
Launch dates are provided in advance to international agencies to minimise risks to shipping and aircraft in the area.
In 2009 a South Korean rocket achieved orbit but faulty releasemechanisms on the second stage prevented proper deployment of thesatellite.
A 2010 effort saw the rocket explode two minutes into its flight, with both Russia and South Korea blaming each other.
South Korea is a late entrant into the world of space technology andis eager to get its commercial launch programme up and running.
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