South Korea launched its first domestically developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed.
South Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri blasts off from the Naro Space Center in the southern coastal village of Goheung on June 21, 2022, in the second attempt to put satellites into orbit after a launch last October failed. Yonhap/ AFP
"Nuri has completed its flight according to plan. Engineers are now analyzing its flight data, which will take around 30 minutes to complete," said Oh Tae-seok, Seoul's deputy minister of science, technology and innovation. But it failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit after the third-stage engine stopped burning earlier than scheduled."Nuri separates dummy satellite," South Korea's YTN Television reported minutes after lift-off, adding shortly after that the launch "appears to be a success."
Even now, only six nations—not including North Korea—have successfully launched a one-tonne payload on their own rockets.
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