Status
Failure
Test Flight
Launch Time
Thu Oct 21, 2021 08:00 UTC
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
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