Naro-1

Naro
나로호

Naro lifts off from the Launch Pad 1 at Naro Space Center, 25 August 2009.
Function	Launch vehicle
Manufacturer	Khrunichev (first stage) KARI (second stage)
Project cost	₩ 520.5 billion; US$460 million [1]
Size
Height	33 m (108 ft)
Diameter	3 m (9.9 ft)
Mass	140,000 kg (300,000 lb)
Stages	2
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Naro Space Center
Total launches	3
Success(es)	1
Failure(s)	2[2][3]
First flight	August 25, 2009
Last flight	January 30, 2013
First stage
Engines	1 RD-151
Thrust	1670 kN
Specific impulse	338 sec
Burn time	300 seconds
Propellant	LOX/RP-1
Second stage
Engines	1 Solid rocket motor
Thrust	86.2 kN
Specific impulse	288 sec
Burn time	25 seconds
Propellant	Solid
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Naro-1 (Korean: 나로호), previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV (also KSLV-1), was South Korea's first carrier rocket,^[4] and the first South Korean launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.^[5] On January 30, 2013, the third Naro-1 vehicle built successfully placed STSAT-2C into low Earth orbit.

The first stage was a modified Russian Angara URM. The solid-fuel second stage was built by KARI, the national space agency of South Korea, and Korean Air.

Neither the maiden flight on August 25, 2009, nor the second flight on June 10, 2010, reached orbit. The third flight on January 30, 2013, successfully reached orbit. The launches took place from the Naro Space Center. The official name of the first KSLV rocket, KSLV-I, is Naro, which is the name of the region in which Naro Space Center is located.^[6][7] Since Naro's retirement, the South Korean government has announced the rocket Nuri as its replacement and successor.