Naro Space Center
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | June 11, 2009 |
Type | Governmental |
Jurisdiction | South Korean government |
Headquarters | Naro Space Center : Outer Naro Island, Goheung County, Jeollanam-do Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Employees | 829 (2011) |
Annual budget | ₩298 billion ≈ US$255 million (2011) |
Agency executives |
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Parent department | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology |
Parent agency | KARI |
Website | Naro Space Center (KARI, KSLV-1) Naro Space Center (KARI) |
Naro Space Center | |
Hangul | 나로우주센터 |
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Hanja | 羅老宇宙센터 |
Revised Romanization | Naro Uju Senteo |
McCune–Reischauer | Naro Uju Sentŏ |
Naro Space Center is a South Korean spaceport in South Jeolla's Goheung County, operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
The spaceport is located about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). south of Seoul.[1] It includes a launch pad, a control tower, rocket assembly and test facilities, facilities for satellite control testing and assembly, a media center, an electric power station, a space experience hall and a landing field.[2][3]
The first launch, initially planned for 19 August 2009, was performed on 25 August 2009 using a Russo-South Korean Naro-1 rocket, but failed to reach the desired orbit. Another rocket launch from Naro was planned for May 2010, but delays pushed the launch to June. On June 10, 2010, this second attempt also ended in failure when the rocket lost communications 137 seconds after launch. The South Korean science minister Ahn Byung-man later told reporters that the rocket was believed to have exploded. A third attempt was made and finally succeeded in putting a satellite into orbit.
See also
References
- ↑ Software glitch halts rocket launch - Yonhap News Agency
- ↑ South Korea Begins Construction Of New Space Center – Korean Information Service, SpaceDaily, August 12, 2003
- ↑ "Korea to enter space race in 2008", http://www.korea.net/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20080102014&part=107%7C, Ro Ji-woong Korea.net Staff Writer, 03 January, 2008, accessed October 28, 2008
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