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SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea successfully conducted a third test flight of a solid-fuel space rocket Monday, the defense ministry said, as part of efforts to build its independent space-based surveillance system against North Korea.
The space launch vehicle was launched from a barge floating in waters about 4 kilometers south of Jeju Island at 2 p.m. and placed a small Earth observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of about 650 km, the ministry said.
The 100-kilogram synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite is made by Hanwha Systems.
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Apparently the vehicle has its 2nd stage left out (this stage was fired in the March and December 2022 test flights) so it's not in the full configuration, per the South Korean Ministry of Defense press release.
View: https://twitter.com/kampfwagen_I/status/1731556076771008739
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Detailed onboard cameras video here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL3Pm1_wzhc
The space launch vehicle was launched from a barge floating in waters about 4 kilometers south of Jeju Island at 2 p.m. and placed a small Earth observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of about 650 km, the ministry said.
The 100-kilogram synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite is made by Hanwha Systems.
....
Apparently the vehicle has its 2nd stage left out (this stage was fired in the March and December 2022 test flights) so it's not in the full configuration, per the South Korean Ministry of Defense press release.
View: https://twitter.com/kampfwagen_I/status/1731556076771008739
(LEAD) S. Korea successfully conducts third test flight of solid-fuel space rocket | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: UPDATES with details in first 5 paras; CHANGES headline)By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, De...
Detailed onboard cameras video here:
