THROWBACKTHISDAY, JAN 30; Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.

                          

On Thisday January 30 in 2013 Naro-1 was the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.

Naro-1  previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV, is South Korea's first carrier rocket and the first South Korean launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit. On 30 January 2013 the third Naro-1 vehicle built successfully placed STSAT-2C into low Earth orbit.

The solid-fuel rocket second stage was built by KARI, the national space agency of South Korea, and Korean Air. The first stage was purchased by KARI after manufacture by NPO Energomash, the maker of the Russian Angara rocket.

Neither the maiden flight on 25 August 2009 nor the second flight on 10 June 2010 reached orbit. The third flight on 30 January 2013 successfully reached orbit. The launches took place from the Naro Space Center. The official name of the first KSLV rocket, KSLV-I, is Naro, which is the name of the region in which Naro Space Center is located.

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