| Article: 2644
From: [email protected] (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.news.gov.international,clari.tw.space
Subject: South Korean research satellite launched
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 4:00:12 PDT
SEOUL, Korea (UPI) -- A tiny South Korea research satellite
was in orbit 807 miles above Earth Tuesday after a successful launch
from Kourou in French Guiana by Arianespace of Europe, officials at
the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said.
The 110-pound Uribyol (Our Star) No. 1 satellite lifted off
from the Arianespace launching site in South America at 8:08 p.m.
Monday along with two other satellites on a single vehicle, the
officials said.
Uribyol No. 1 was designed and built by a team at Britain's
Surrey University. Nine KAIST researchers were sent there to learn
maufacturing expertise.
The satellite circles Earth 13 times a day and radio messages
may be exchanged with it seven times a day as it passes over the
Korean peninsula, the officials said.
The satellite will be in orbit for five years, observing
Earth, detecting cosmic particles and conducting experiments with
various voice broadcasts and communications, the officials said.
Uribyol No. 1 made South Korea the 22nd country with a
satellite in orbit since 1957 when the first Soviet Sputnik was
launched, the officials said.
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| Article: 3457
From: [email protected] (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space
Subject: South Korea's second science satellite launched
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 93 0:48:07 PDT
SEOUL (UPI) -- South Korea's second science satellite was
successfully launched from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana,
officials at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
said Sunday.
Uribyol (Our Star) II, powered by the Arian V-59 rocket,
blasted off the launching pad at 10:45 p.m. Saturday local time (0145
GMT Sunday) and reached its orbit 509 miles (820 km) above the earth
in 16 minutes and 46 seconds, the officials said.
The launch initially had been scheduled for Friday night but
was delayed by one day due to bad weather, the officials said.
The satellite will be in orbit for five years during which
time it will conduct experiments with image transmissions and other
types of communications, observe Earth and detect cosmic rays, the
officials said.
It followed into orbit Uribyol I which was launched from the
same base on a similar mission on Aug. 10 last year. The officials
said they plan to send an environmental monitoring satellite into
space in 1995.
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