STSAT-2

Spacecraft n°:

South Korean spacecraft n°: 11

Launch data:

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• The first launch of South Korea's KSLV-1 'Naro' rocket ended in failure with the reentry of the STSAT-2 satellite payload over the Pacific.
• Early reports suggest that the Russian-built Angara first stage operated correctly, and the Korean solid-motor second stage also fired, but half of the payload fairing failed to separate. STSAT-2 reached 387 km in altitude, but the extra mass of the fairing prevented the system from reaching orbital velocity. The orbit was around -3100 x 387 km x 80 deg, and reentry was probably somewhere over New Guinea.