on tuesday south korea successfully launched its home-grown space rocket and put a satellite
into orbit president yun called it the product of three decades of effort our kim doyle and
hassan were han song were on the historic site here's a video blog of their coverage
all right this is going to be your first rocket launch
how are you feeling very excited a bit nervous actually um we're gonna be on site for a historic
launch right the second launch of nudie it's something i've only seen in the movies tom
hanks apollo 13 but to actually be there what an exciting experience it'll be all right let's go
all right despite all this excitement about an hour into the drive south we got some news the
korea aerospace research institute decided to push back the launch by 24 hours due to the weather
just minutes before iran tv's first newscast of the day the scheduled second launch of the lulu
space rocket which was set to take place on wednesday has been delayed to thursday
today's weather forecast posed obstacles to the transportation of the rocket and once it's erected
the screening of umbilical cords and connecting the cables could have been dangerous for the
engineers the engineers also assure the public that there are no problems with the rocket itself
and it showed as after the 24 hour delay all steps seem to be on course we think it's highly likely
the launch will be a success then again there's no guarantee that unexpected variables won't pop up
last minute so we're not letting down our guard and the rocket's transportation went smoothly
with hardly any wind the sun shining bright and nudie standing fully upright on its launch pad
before wednesday noon then another sudden announcement a day before liftoff a glitch
detected at around 2pm in the oxidizer level sensor in the rocket's first stage meant duty had
to be shipped back to where it was assembled after trying to figure out the issue at the launch pad
we realized it was not possible to get up close and analyze the problem while it's standing up
that's why we decided it's impossible to carry out the launch at the moment but just when it seemed
as though it would be postponed for several weeks duty's launch was suddenly back on at first we
thought nuri's first and second stages would have to be separated to replace the problematic sensor
itself but researchers at the korea aerospace research institute after close examination
found the issue could be solved by replacing just one key part that was malfunctioning
removing the need to disassemble the rocket and allowing the country to launch duty within its
alternative launch window ending june 23rd and so it happened one more trip to the launch pad
fuel injection pre-launch operation and finally three two one liftoff with the roar the ground
shook before duty powered by its 75-ton liquid fuel engines blasted into space now somewhere
what a sight that was i mean nudi blasting off into space i imagine the narrow space center was
in high spirits and currently is in high speeds right now the three-stage space rocket after
reaching its target altitude of 700 kilometers placed both its performance verification satellite
holding four functioning mini cube satellites and its 1.3 ton dummy satellite into orbit 70 seconds
apart at around 4 15 pm claps of joy ensued and an hour later the korea aerospace research institute
and the ministry of science and ict held a joint presser on-site declaring mission accomplished
newly reached its target altitude and successfully placed the performance satellite into orbit with
four more launches scheduled by 2027 our crew left naro space center the following morning knowing
that though the nudi project is far from over south korea's space endeavors have only just begun
from the natural space center in kohunchalananda province that was kim doyen hansen news