S Korea postpones KSLV-1 rocket launch
South Korea delayed the rocket launch (KSLV-1) due to some leakage problems in the rocket's fire extinguishing system.
Caption: The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is placed on the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung. Photo: KARI
SEOUL (BNS): South Korea on Wednesday postponed the launch of KSLV-1 rocket due to some technical problems in the rocket's fire extinguisher system, a media report said.
According to the news agency Yonhap, the launch process was suspended after engineers discovered a leak in one of three oil fire extinguisher nozzles that are used when the rocket blasts off from the launch pad.
"The leak forced the launch originally set for 5 p.m. to be called off because technicians need to check the problem in detail," Yonhap quoted the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology spokesperson Pyun Kyung-bum as saying.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center have jointly developed the rocket KSLV-1.
KSLV-1, also known as the Naro-1, was earlier launched on August 25, 2009, but the mission failed due to some glitches in the vehicle fairing assembly.
According to the news agency Yonhap, the launch process was suspended after engineers discovered a leak in one of three oil fire extinguisher nozzles that are used when the rocket blasts off from the launch pad.
"The leak forced the launch originally set for 5 p.m. to be called off because technicians need to check the problem in detail," Yonhap quoted the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology spokesperson Pyun Kyung-bum as saying.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center have jointly developed the rocket KSLV-1.
KSLV-1, also known as the Naro-1, was earlier launched on August 25, 2009, but the mission failed due to some glitches in the vehicle fairing assembly.
