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yoichi:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2018/10/17/0504000000AEN20181017011100320.html
S. Korea delays test launch of space rocket engine
2018/10/17 18:08
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will delay the first test flight of its locally developed booster engine due to mechanical problems, the government said Wednesday.
The 75-ton thrust, single-stage rocket developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute Province (KARI), was originally set to be launched on Oct. 25 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, the Ministry of Science and ICT said.
The ministry said it convened a meeting of experts earlier Wednesday to delay the launch as abnormal readings were detected in the rocket propellant pressurization system.
"It may be inevitable to delay the launch by one or two months to examine in detail the cause of the drop in pressure and come up with a fix," said a ministry official who asked not to be named.
The rocket was set to fly for about 10 minutes, during which the performance of the new engine, flight controls and other parts were to be monitored, the ministry said.
If successful, four of the indigenous thrust engines will be used on the first stage and one on the second stage of the three-stage Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 (KSLV-2), KARI said. The whole rocket is scheduled to blast off in 2021.
The KSLV-2 rocket is to be South Korea's first space vehicle wholly designed and built in the country. It will be used to place unmanned satellites into Earth orbit and for other commercial applications.
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Salo:
https://twitter.com/SKorea_rocket/status/1067681773528576002
yoichi:
https://twitter.com/Kor_Spaceflight/status/1171364897235468288
JulesVerneATV:
South Korea’s space agency sets sight on missions that ‘won’t pay off until 2050’
https://spacenews.com/south-koreas-space-agency-sets-sight-on-missions-that-wont-pay-off-until-2050/
This was part of a broad reform plan unveiled by Lee Sang-ryool, president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), during his May 6 online news conference, the first event of this kind since he took office March 23 for a three-year term.
“I will pursue change,” Lee said. “At least I will get it started to bring a paradigm shift from the conventional way of doing work.” The veteran aerospace scientist who has spent 35 years at KARI said in the NewSpace age, the agency’s role should be redefined as “exploring projects that the private sector can’t afford to, developing core technologies with far-reaching impact or truly futuristic technologies that can be realized 30 years later” — and everything else should be left in the hands of private players.
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Meanwhile, the nation’s first fully homegrown space rocket, KSLV-2, is on track for its scheduled demonstration launch from the Naro Space Center in Goheung in October, according to Lee. The 200-ton three-stage rocket is currently being assembled without a glitch in the process, he said.
“Once the assembly of the flight model’s first, second and third stages are completed, we will assemble the entire model and transport it to the launch pad,” Lee said. “The launch pad is also nearly complete and the project is currently going ahead smoothly.”
If the demonstration launch is successful, the rocket will make a second launch with a real satellite on board in May 2022 from the same launch site.
Boasting four 75-ton liquid engines in its first-stage booster, the three-stage KSLV-2 is meant to carry a 1.5-ton satellite into low Earth orbit. The second stage has a single 75-ton engine and the third stage has a seven-ton engine.
input~2:
KSLV-II is planned for launch from October 21 to October 28 according to NOTAM published August 26
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