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 ...
