oyogist has learned that south Korea has launched its first ever home grown rocket, joining the ranks of advanced space-faring nations.
The three-stage rocket, was launched with South Korea’s flag as it carried a dummy satellite, which was blasted off at from a launch site in Goheung at 4pm (07:00 GMT) on Thursday.
According to President Moon Jae In the rocket failed to put its payload into the orbit.
The launch and all three stages of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II worked, as did the payload separation, Moon said, but “putting a dummy satellite into orbit remains an unfinished mission”.
