KSR
Engine · Korea South
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KSLV-I as conceived in 2002, with the indigenous South Korean engine shown beside it.
Credit: © Mark Wade
South Korean indigenous sounding and test rocket family, using solid rocket motors and a test vehicle with a liquid oxygen/kerosene motor. Further development of the latter into the KSLV satellite launch vehicle was abandoned in 2005 in favor of licensed Russian technology.
Subtopics
KSR-I First South Korean sounding rocket, an unguided single solid propellant stage vehicle. Development began in 1990 and the rocket was flown two times in 1993.
KSR-II Two-stage South Korean sounding rocket, using two of the solid rocket motors developed for the KSR-I in tandem. Flown twice in 1997-1998.
KSR-III South Korean sounding rocket. Test bed for development of an orbital launch vehicle, powered by the liquid oxygen/kerosene engine planned for the KSLV-I. However flown only once in 2002.
Related
- Country
- Korea South
- Agency
- KARI
Photo Gallery
S Korean LVs
South Korean indigneous rockets.
Credit: © Mark Wade
S Korean LVs
South Korean space launch vehicles, including Russian Angara-derived vehicles.
Credit: © Mark Wade
KSR-I
Chronology
5 events
1993 June 4
Launch Site: Anhueng. LV Family: KSR. Launch Vehicle: KSR-I.- Ozone profile mission - . Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Apogee: 39 km (24 mi). Ultraviolet radiometer to measure vertical ozone distribution in the stratosphere over the Korean peninsula. Rocket performance also monitored..
1993 September 1
Launch Site: Anhueng. LV Family: KSR. Launch Vehicle: KSR-I.- Ozone profile mission - . Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Apogee: 49 km (30 mi). Ultraviolet radiometer to measure vertical ozone distribution in the stratosphere over the Korean peninsula. Rocket performance also monitored..
1997 July 9
Launch Site: Anhueng. LV Family: KSR. Launch Vehicle: KSR-II.- X-ray astronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Measured the vertical distribution of ozone using an ultraviolet radiometer..
1998 June 11
01:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Anhueng. LV Family: KSR. Launch Vehicle: KSR-II.- X-ray astronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). Measured the vertical distribution of ozone using an ultraviolet radiometer..
2002 November 28
05:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Anhueng. LV Family: KSR. Launch Vehicle: KSR-III.- KSR-III Launch Vehicle Technology Test / Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Korea South.
Agency: KARI.
Apogee: 43 km (26 mi).
The rocket reached 42 km altitude and a speed of 902 meters per second. It impacted in the West Sea 85 km from the coastal launch site, 231 seconds after launch. In preparation for the launch, KARI and related agencies successfully carried out ignition tests in May and August.