"An inboard camera detected a bright flash of light at 137 seconds into the flight, which coincides exactly with the loss of communication with the two-stage rocket," said Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byong earlier today. The Associated Press, CNN and BBC provide video reports as to the set back for South Korean efforts to launch satellites to orbit. Nonetheless, South Korean officials have indicated that a third launch attempt may yet be ahead.
"Talks are underway for a third launch of the rocket," Ahn said, citing a clause in the original Russsian-Korean booster rocket-building agreement that calls for provisions for a third launch if the first two rockets fail to place a satellite into orbit.
The Korean Times poses the question of what future the nation may have in space hardware development to launch spacecraft to the International Space Station and to remotely sense the Moon in by 2020 and to the surface by 2025. Meanwhile, the finger pointing for the faultly launch commenced including the formation of a Russian-Korean review board.
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