Article Posted on : - Jun 08, 2010

KSLV-1. A file photo

SEOUL (BNS): Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will make a second attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) on 9th June, a media report said.

According to the news agency Yonhap, KSLV-1 is the first designed, built and tested space rocket developed by South Korea.

KSLV-1, also known as the Naro-1, was earlier launched on August 25 but the mission failed due to some glitches in the vehicle fairing assembly.

The rocket features a Russian-built first stage with a liquid-fueled engine and a Korean-built second stage and payload fairing.

KSLV-1(Naro-1) is a 33m long rocket with a width of 2.9m. It can generate 170 tons of thrust that can send a 100kg satellite into orbit. South Korea has spent approx USD 418.1 million to learn the rocket building technology and related assistance and technical supervision from Russia.

"This is crucial since the country is preparing to build an entirely South Korean-made space rocket before 2020 and a probe that can orbit the moon by 2025," Younhap quoted a KARI engineer as saying.

S Korea is willing to develop a powerful indigenous rocket by 2020, as well as a probe that can orbit the moon before 2025, it said.