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STSAT-2A
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:00:33
Tuesday August 25, 2009
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Mission Details
Launch Notes
First orbital launch attempt of South Korea. First flight of Naro-1. The launcher didn't reach orbit, because of the failure of the fairing separation system, which weighed down the second stage. The stage and the satellite entered the atmosphere.
STSAT-2A
The 99-kilograms satellite carried a Lyman-alpha Imaging Solar Telescope (LIST) as well as Satellite laser ranging (SLR) payload. The Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) developed STSAT-2A as a sun observation, satellite laser ranging and engineering and technology demonstration sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology. It was expected to be operational for about two years, and was scheduled to be launched between 2005 and 2007. The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) instrument was intended to measure the orbit of STSAT-2A, in order to investigate variations in its orbit.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
99 kilograms
Launch Site
Stats
KSLV-1
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2009
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
1st
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2009
2009
47th
Orbital launch attempt