NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Test Flight

Launch Time
Thu Oct 21, 2021 08:00 UTC

First flight of KSLV-2. First flight of an entirely South Korean launcher.

Poorly designed anchors for helium tanks in the rocket's third stage liquid oxygen (LOX) tank caused helium tanks to dislodge and cracked open the LOX tank. Vehicle reached its target apogee but not the velocity required to reach orbit.

Rocket

KSLV-2
Image Credit: KARI
KARI
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 2,620 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 550 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 47.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.3 m

Mission Details

Payload Simulator

Mass simulator of a satellite

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,500.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-2, Naro Space Center, South Korea

Stats

2021

100th orbital launch attempt

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

4th mission
1st mission of 2021
3rd failed mission

KSLV-2

1st mission
1st mission of 2021
1st failed mission