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November 29, 2012

S. Korea readies new bid to join global space club
Seoul (AFP) Nov 28, 2012
South Korea held a final dress rehearsal Wednesday for its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit and join an elite space club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India. After two previous failures in 2009 and 2010, the 140-tonne Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-I) is scheduled to blast off some time after 4:00pm (0700 GMT) Thursday from the Naro Space Center on the south coast. Success will mean a huge boost for South Korea, a late entrant into the high-cost world of space technol ... read more

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