▲ The Korean launch vehicle Nuri (KSLV-ll), designed and manufactured with pure domestic technology, is being launched from the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do on the 21st. (yunhap news)
The North Korean media first mentioned the South Korean launch vehicle Nuri, and took the position that it was a ‘failure’.
The foreign propaganda media ‘Echo of Unification’ reported on the 30th that in an article titled ‘South Korean experts and foreign media evaluate the Nuri launch as a failure’, a researcher at the Aerospace Research Institute said, “This launch is a complete failure.”
The media reported in detail that the launched Nuri’s three-stage engine was turned off 46 seconds earlier than planned, and the satellite model on the Nuri did not reach the speed required for orbital landing.
The researcher said, “The ultimate goal of the Nuri launch is to put the satellite model into orbit, and it is not advisable to talk about success now that it failed to land in orbit,” the media reported.
The media also reported the evaluation of another aerospace expert, “The technology of the Nuri is still evaluated to be 10 to 20 years behind,” and “there is a long way to go until it proves its launch capability and becomes competitive.”
Also, foreign media did not appreciate the Nuri, and they said, “The expectations for success were high, but the failure in the end meant that South Korea’s core rocket R&D process was not yet completed.”
“Foreign media have expressed serious concerns about the launch of the Nuri, saying that military applications are possible, and that this launch appears to be part of the development of weapons,” he added.
North Korea has not yet made an official statement about the Nuri launch. This evaluation is an indirect report through the propaganda media. Although it is not an official position, North Korea seems to have been paying close attention to the launch of the Nuri by highlighting the failure.
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