South Korea mentioned that it plans to make a second try to launch its homegrown space rocket in mid-June, about eight months after its first flight resulted in failure attributable to technical glitches.
The Nuri rocket will probably be lifted off on June 15, about one month later than earlier scheduled as extra time is required to repair technical glitches blamed for the earlier flight’s failure to place a dummy satellite into orbit, Yonhap information company reported citing the science ministry.
“It requires round a further month to make all these technical enhancements, and to assemble the primary, second and third levels of the flight mannequin, and to put in the satellite tv for pc,” the ministry mentioned, explaining the reason for the delay from the initially deliberate launch in Might.
In October final 12 months, the nation launched its first homegrown space rocket, also referred to as the KSLV-II, which efficiently flew to a goal altitude of 700 kms however didn’t put a dummy satellite tv for pc into orbit as its third-stage engine burned out sooner than anticipated.
A governmental committee of researchers and aerospace specialists concluded that the helium tank within the third-stage rocket fell off its anchoring gadget geared up contained in the oxidizer tank of the rocket attributable to elevated buoyancy throughout the flight.
The indifferent helium tank then moved round contained in the oxidizer tank, damaging the tank and inflicting leakage of helium and oxidizer. The dearth of oxidizer flowing into the third-stage rocket ultimately precipitated the engine to close off prematurely, in response to the committee.
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