Digest KSLV-1
(Naro-ho)
| Launcher | Orbit | Date | Intern. Design | Spacecraft | Mass (t) | Launch Site | |
| Incl. | km | ||||||
| Naro-ho | 80° | 306 - 1,500 | 25.08.2009 | failure* | STSAT-2 | 0.100 | Naro SC |
| 10.06.2010 | failure** | STSAT-2 | 0.100 | ||||
| xx.10.2012 | STSAT-2 | 0.100 | |||||
* The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) blasted off from the Naro
Space Center successful. The first stage engine and second stage solid
rocket motor fired normally. However one of the two fairings covering the satellite did not fall off
properly. The fairings weighed four times
more than the satellite, making it impossible for the second
stage rocket to generate the necessary thrust to keep the satellite in the right
orbit.
The speed of the motor and satellite had fallen to 6.2 km per
second. The satellite was likely to fall back towards the earth and to be destroyed
in the atmosphere.
**At 137 seconds into the flight, mission control
lost contact with the rocket as it would have reached the altitude of 70 km.
Looking from the bright flash seen on the camera mounted
on the tip of the rocket, it appears the Naro exploded in flight during the first-stage
sequence.
An anonymous source from the Russian aerospace industry
told Russia's state-run media, RIA Novosti news agency that a flash caught on camera
during the communication cut-off could have been associated
with a premature separation of the first-stage and second-stage rockets, leading
to the failure.
Korean specialists also say that the incident might have
been caused by a fault in the pyrotechnical system of the separation between two
rockets.