That launch came after years of delays and consecutive failures. South Korea had previously launched a space launch vehicle from the Naro spaceport in 2013, which was a two-stage rocket built mainly with Russian technology. Scientists and engineers at KARI plan to test Nuri several more times, including conducting another launch with a dummy device in May 2022, before trying with a real satellite. “The launch left some frustration, but it's meaningful that we confirmed we have obtained core technology” for space launches, said Lim, the minister. It is designed to deliver a 1.5-ton payload into orbit 600 to 800 kilometers (372 to 497 miles) above Earth. The three-stage rocket is powered by five 75-ton class rocket engines placed in its first and second stages. Nuri is the country’s first space launch vehicle built entirely with domestic technology. The country is also hoping to send a probe to the moon by 2030. Officials say such an ability would be crucial for the country’s space ambitions, which include plans for sending more advanced communications satellites and acquiring its own military intelligence satellites. All this was done based on technology that is completely ours,” he added.Īfter relying on other countries to launch its satellites since the early 1990s, South Korea is now trying to become the 10th nation to send a satellite into space with its own technology. “The separations of the rockets, fairings (covering the payload) and the dummy satellite worked smoothly. “Although (the launch) failed to achieve its objectives perfectly, it was an excellent accomplishment for a first launch,” Moon said in a televised speech. There had also been concerns that strong winds and other conditions would pose challenges for a successful launch. (0800 GMT), had been delayed by an hour because engineers needed more time to examine the rocket’s valves. The institute was planning to form an inspection committee soon to analyze what went wrong and map out adjustments before the rocket’s next test launch. Officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, the country’s space agency, said debris from the payload would have landed somewhere in waters south of Australia. Lim Hye-sook, the country’s science minister, said Nuri’s first and second stages separated properly and that the third stage ejected the payload – a 1.5-ton block of stainless steel and aluminum – at 700 kilometers (435 miles) above Earth.īut she said launch data suggested that the third stage’s engine burned out early after 475 seconds, about 50 seconds shorter than planned, failing to provide the payload with enough speed to stabilize in orbit. The daily caseload hovered above 1,000 for 113 days since July 7.Live footage showed the 47-meter (154 foot) rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines following blastoff at Naro Space Center, the country’s lone spaceport, on a small island off its southern coast. In the latest tally, South Korea reported 1,952 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, lifting the total number of infections to 356,305.
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The breakthrough case refers to people infected with the virus two weeks after the full inoculation. It is known that people can be protected from the virus two weeks after the full vaccination. 17, the number of the fully inoculated people was 26,938,731. It equals to 74.1 in every 100,000 people who got fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the country confirmed a total of 19,954 "breakthrough" COVID-19 infections, which refer to people who tested positive after a full vaccination, as of Oct. The four variants are believed to be more transmissible than the original one. Of the new cases, 3,362 came from the Delta variant, and one from Alpha.Īmong the combined cases involving the variants, 42,945 stemmed from the Delta variant, 3,294 from Alpha, 151 from Beta and 27 from Gamma. The far higher number of local transmissions indicated the domestic spread of the variants. 23, 125 were imported from overseas while the remaining 3,238 were locally transmitted, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). 27 (Xinhua) - South Korea reported 3,363 more cases of COVID-19 variants for the past week, bringing the total number of such cases to 46,417, the health authorities said Wednesday.Īmong the new cases found for one week till Oct.
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