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South Korea launches first local space rocket, but fails to put payload in orbit


October 22, 2021

SEOUL: South Korea laun­ched its first domestically developed space rocket on Thursday but failed to put its dummy payload into orbit, a setback in the country’s atte­mpts to join the ranks of adv­a­nced space-faring nations. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle II, informally called Nuri and emblazoned with a South Korean flag, rose upwards from Goheung on the southern coast, trailing …

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