The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Thursday said the Naro satellite flew over Korean air space and succeeded in communicating with the satellite research centre at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology between 3:28 a.m. and 3:42 a.m. Read more
South Korea says the satellite launched on Wednesday has made contact with a ground station and is sending data. The satellite, which collects climate data, made contact at 03:27 on Thursday (18:27 GMT on Wednesday). Read more
South Korea launches space rocket carrying satellite
South Korea says its third attempt at launching a rocket to put a satellite in space has been a success. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) blasted off from the Naro Space Centre at 16:00 (07:00 GMT). Read more
Down in Korea's southernmost city of Goheung, the country is preparing for its third and final shot at launching its first space rocket, more commonly known as the Naro. Read more
Ed ~ The launch window extends from 06:55-10:30 UT, 30th January, 2013.
Seoul to set definite date for launch of Naro space rocket
South Korea will this week set a more definite date for the liftoff of its Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), the government said Wednesday. The country's Launch Preparation Committee earlier set Jan. 30-Feb. 8 as possible dates for what will be its third launch of KSLV-1, also known as Naro. Read more
The nations third attempt to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) was again aborted Thursday, due to problems in the second-stage of the rocket, colloquially known as Naro. Read more
Just minutes before what could have been a historic moment for Korea, the third and final launch of the Naro was put on hold indefinitely. Engineers are currently inspecting what went wrong, but for now, we connect to our Hwang Sung-hee at the Naro Space Center for the latest. Read more