12/23 South Korea takes step closer to becoming leading space power
- 5 years ago
South Korea has made some remarkable achievements in its space program this year.
It tested a rocket engine developed entirely in the country..
Also, two of its satellites were put into orbit.
One of them will watch the stars, and the other will monitor the weather on Earth.
Choi Si-young has this story.
"Engine Ignition "
"Launch"
Last month, a locally developed rocket engine was test launched for the country's second carrier rocket known as Korea Space Launch Vehicle 2, or Nuri, the nation's first space vehicle wholly designed and built with domestic technology,... scheduled for launch in 2021.
"On Wednesday at 4 p.m. Korea time, the rocket engine was successfully launched from the Naro Space Center... in Goheung, Jeollanam-do Province."
The test run was a roaring success.
The engine fully-combusted for one-hundred-fifty-one seconds,... eleven seconds longer than what the team considers a successful run.
South Korea is the 7th country worldwide to locally develop a 75-ton rocket engine.
Another achievement for the country.
Just weeks ago on December fourth, South Korea's "Next Satellite-1" successfully went into orbit after being launched into space on the Falcon 9 rocket made by U.S. aerospace company Space X.
It will measure space radiation, analyze stars' infrared light for the next two years... and send that data back to Earth, further deepening our understanding of space.
A day later, another successful launch,... this time a geostationary weather satellite using only Korean technology.
The Chollian-2A satellite entered its geostationary orbit after being delivered into space by the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket. It will provide images with 4 times higher resolution and deliver data 18 times faster than its first version launched in 2010.
The observation frequency has also increased six-fold, so the country can more accurately predict sudden weather changes including tracing the eyes of a typhoon.
With only 3 years left before the launch of the nation's first space vehicle in 2021, South Korea is on track towards fully realizing its space ambitions.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.
It tested a rocket engine developed entirely in the country..
Also, two of its satellites were put into orbit.
One of them will watch the stars, and the other will monitor the weather on Earth.
Choi Si-young has this story.
"Engine Ignition "
"Launch"
Last month, a locally developed rocket engine was test launched for the country's second carrier rocket known as Korea Space Launch Vehicle 2, or Nuri, the nation's first space vehicle wholly designed and built with domestic technology,... scheduled for launch in 2021.
"On Wednesday at 4 p.m. Korea time, the rocket engine was successfully launched from the Naro Space Center... in Goheung, Jeollanam-do Province."
The test run was a roaring success.
The engine fully-combusted for one-hundred-fifty-one seconds,... eleven seconds longer than what the team considers a successful run.
South Korea is the 7th country worldwide to locally develop a 75-ton rocket engine.
Another achievement for the country.
Just weeks ago on December fourth, South Korea's "Next Satellite-1" successfully went into orbit after being launched into space on the Falcon 9 rocket made by U.S. aerospace company Space X.
It will measure space radiation, analyze stars' infrared light for the next two years... and send that data back to Earth, further deepening our understanding of space.
A day later, another successful launch,... this time a geostationary weather satellite using only Korean technology.
The Chollian-2A satellite entered its geostationary orbit after being delivered into space by the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket. It will provide images with 4 times higher resolution and deliver data 18 times faster than its first version launched in 2010.
The observation frequency has also increased six-fold, so the country can more accurately predict sudden weather changes including tracing the eyes of a typhoon.
With only 3 years left before the launch of the nation's first space vehicle in 2021, South Korea is on track towards fully realizing its space ambitions.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.