South Korea reveals Moon-lander plans
Korean new rocket family images.http://japanese.joins.com/article/758/178758.html (Japanese article)They may change the Octaweb engine arrangement
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2981096Gov’t boosts its goals for spaceKorea plans to launch an exploratory lunar probe aboard its own launch vehicle by June 2020 and later embark on missions to Mars and asteroids by 2040, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced yesterday.
S. Korea test-fires ballistic missile capable of striking Northhttp://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/04/56/0301000000AEN20140404001251315F.html
Cho Gwang-rae, the president of KARI, pledged that it would spare no efforts to successfully build rocket engines for the KSLV-ll with domestic technology by December next year and to launch the three-stage, 300-ton rocket into space by 2020.
The KARI said it has successfully established test facilities for a rocket engine. It hopes to build space rockets and launch one by 2020.
Quote from: Websorber on 04/04/2014 09:01 amS. Korea test-fires ballistic missile capable of striking Northhttp://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2014/04/04/56/0301000000AEN20140404001251315F.htmlLooks like the upper stage of the venerable Nike-Hercules surface to air missile mated to a new monolithic solid booster motor. Should have the same performance in surface to surface ballistic role. About 500 km range with the original warhead mass of about 1000 kg with gains in range with a lighter warhead. Really doubt they have terminal guidance with this chimera.
지금 나로우주센터에서는 올해 10월 발사 예정인 한국형발사체 시험발사체 발사 준비가 한창입니다한국형발사체 시험발사체 인증모델(QM)의 조립 현장을 직접 확인해 보시죠.※바로가기 : https://goo.gl/Gtxyo1
KSLV-2 pilot vehicle to launch in October.
Quote from: Kryten on 02/20/2018 07:38 amKSLV-2 pilot vehicle to launch in October.I believe the correct name is Test Launch Vehicle (TLV).
GOHEUNG, South Korea, Sept 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's aerospace institute showcased its locally developed booster engine on Thursday, part of a long-term effort to produce the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 (KSLV-2), a three-stage indigenous rocket.The rocket, carrying a locally made 75-ton engine, is set to be launched on Oct. 25 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said.
