The South Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 takes off

Seoul, Aug. 25: South Korea’s first space rocket blasted off on Tuesday, less than a week after a launch was aborted at the last minute, but it failed to place a satellite into the designated orbit.
The launch, dubbed a partial success by officials, came less than five months after nuclear-armed rival North Korea incurred international anger by firing its own long-range rocket.
Seoul’s Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 lifted off on schedule at 5.00 pm atop a tail of flame, to the jubilation of officials and guests at the Naro Space Centre.
The Russian-made first stage separated successfully less than five minutes later and the South Korean-built 100-kg scientific research satellite was then placed into Earth orbit. But the science and technology minister, Mr Ahn Byong-Man, said it was not following the designated track.
It should have separated at around 302 km.