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South Korean Launch Failure Affects Russia






By Frank Morring, Jr. morring@aviationweek.com

The loss of South Korea’s second KSLV-1 launch vehicle, apparently to an explosion 137 sec. after liftoff, bodes ill for Russia’s space launch plans as well.

South Korean officials suggested the vehicle’s Russian-built first-stage engine was to blame for the failure. That engine — the Energomash RD-151 — is a variant of the RD-191M engine planned for the first stage of Russia’s Angara 1.1 ...







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