South Korean satellite launch fails by Magdalena Rosova

South Korea's first space rocket launch failed to push a satellite into orbit. The satellite had to covers and because one of it failed to come off, the satellite dropped back toward Earth and probably burned up as it entered the atmosphere. Seoul would like to become a space power of the region, but the rocket failure is a big obstacle in achieving its dream position. After long time of heightened tension on the Korean peninsula over the North's nuclear program it seems that finally the situation cooled down. Positive sign is that North Korea surprisingly invited two U.S. envoys for the first negotiations over its nuclear program between the two countries. Barack Oba! ma's administration quickly responded when said that it has no immediate plans to send the envoys to Korea. Although North Korea has not reacted to the unsuccessful rocket launch yet, it promised to watch closely to see whether the U.S. and South Korea refer the matter to the United Nations Security Council. When North Korea launched satellite in April, U.N. accused the launch when said it was a disguised test of long-range missile technology. The North Korea said it is a discrimination and said it really fired a satellite. However, experts did not detect such satellite. North Korea is banned by Security Council from any ballistic activity to eliminate its nuclear and long-rage missile programs. It was South Korea's first rocket launch from its own country. The rocket had two stages, the first was designed by Russia. South Korea fired the rocket from space center on Oenaro Island, about 465 kilometers south of Seoul.

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by Magdalena Rosova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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