South Korea's first rocket carrying an observation satellite blasts off from launch padAugust 25th, 2009 SKorea launches its first rocket into spaceGOHEUNG, South Korea — South Korea has sent its first rocket into space from a launch pad in the south — about four months after rival North Korea drew international sanctions for its own rocket launch. The two-stage Naro rocket lifted off Tuesday from the country's space center on an island off the southern coast.
South Korea to launch its first satelliteAugust 19th, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea prepared to launch its first space rocket Wednesday with the aim of sending a scientific satellite into orbit. Following a series of delays, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, a Russian-made device, was scheduled to launch from the country's space centre on the south coast between 4.40 and 6.20 p.m.
South Korea cancels first-ever satellite launchAugust 19th, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea Wednesday cancelled the launch of its first space rocket at the last minute owing to technical problems. With only eight minutes to go in the countdown, mission controllers decided to suspend the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, which was to send a scientific satellite into orbit, the South Korean science ministry said.
North Korea will 'closely watch' international response to South Korea's satellite launchAugust 10th, 2009 NKorea closely watching SKorea's rocket launchSEOUL, South Korea —North Korea said Monday it will closely watch the international response to South Korea's planned satellite launch after Pyongyang was brought before the U.N. Security Council for what it said was a similar move.
South Korea agrees for talks with North KoreaApril 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.
US, South Korea say North Korean satellite launch failsApril 6th, 2009 SEOUL/WASHINGTON - Media reports in the US and South Korea said Sunday that North Korea had failed to place a satellite into orbit with its rocket launching earlier in the day. The news network CNN, citing the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), reported that the North Korean satellite failed to achieve orbit.
Satellite launch successful: North KoreaApril 5th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Sunday successfully launched a long-range rocket mounted with a communications satellite, the official KCNA news agency said. The 'Kwangmyongsong-2' satellite was sent into the orbit at 11.29.02 a.m.
North Korea launches rocketApril 5th, 2009 TOKYO - North Korea launched a rocket Sunday, a South Korean foreign ministry official told Yonhap news agency. Pyongyang said it was putting a communications satellite into orbit, but Japan, South Korea and Washington believe the launch was a screen to test a long-range ballistic missile.
South Korea says weather has delayed N. Korea's missile launch planApril 4th, 2009 SEOUL - Weather conditions on Saturday have reportedly prevented North Korea from going ahead with the launch of its missile on Saturday. "We thought the launch was likely today, but weather conditions at the (North Korea) rocket base may not have been favourable," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a presidential Blue House official as saying.orth Korea said Saturday preparations for the launch were complete and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they fear is a long-range missile test.
US confirms North Korea loading rocket onto launch padMarch 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korea is loading a Taepodong rocket onto a launch pad ahead of what Pyongyang says is a plan to place a satellite into space, a US official confirmed Wednesday. 'It is out there,' the counter-proliferation official said.
US can knock down a North Korean missileMarch 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - An American military commander for the Pacific region has said that there is a high probability that the US could knock down a North Korean missile aimed at the United States. Navy Admiral Timothy J.
North Korea to launch rocket April 4: ReportMarch 21st, 2009 TOKYO - North Korea will launch a rocket April 4 to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, a media report said Friday. The communist state earlier announced plans to launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8.
North Korea announces satellite launch in early AprilMarch 12th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea informed an international shipping organisation that it intends to launch a satellite at the beginning of April, South Korean media reported Thursday. The International Maritime Organisation was told that the carrier rocket of the Kwangmyongson-2 satellite would be fired between April 4 and 8, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing intelligence sources.
N Korea threatens to launch 'war' if its satellite are shot downMarch 12th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea has warned that it is "fully combat ready" to retaliate against any attempt to thwart off its planned satellite launch. "Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war," said the statement, carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea steps up preparations for missile launch: SeoulFebruary 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun to test radar and other equipment in preparation for launching what it claims to be a satellite, South Korean media reports said Friday. Increased activity was reported from the Musudan-ri missile launch site in the north-east of the communist state as North Korea moves closer to what South Korea claims is an attempt to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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