South Korea Enters Exclusive Global Club With Successful Satellite Launch South Korea launched its first space rocket on January 30, 2013. With the launch of the rocket that carried a science satellite into space, the country announced its presence in the global space race, becoming the latest entrant into the exclusive league of space-faring nations. It is worth mentioning here that the other countries with space-faring abilities include Russia, the US, the UK, France, Japan, China, India, Israel, Ukraine, Iran and North Korea. The 140-tonne Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-I) blasted off from the Naro Space Centre on the country’s south coast. It successfully went through the stage separation process before reaching its target altitude nine minutes after the launch and deploying its payload satellite.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 06:43:59 +0000
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