Innospace, a Korean space startup, said Tuesday the company’s suborbital test launch vehicle, HANBIT-TLV, has made a successful flight, marking the country’s first civilian-made space rocket.
The 8.4 ton thrust, single stage, hybrid rocket was fired from the Alcantara Space Center in northern Brazil at 2:52 p.m. Sunday (local time), or 2:52 a.m. Monday (Korean time), according to the company.
The rocket’s engine combusted for 106 seconds and flew for 4 minutes and 33 seconds before falling into Brazilian waters.
Although the engine combustion had been originally planned to last for 118 seconds, Innospace said the engine worked properly and maintained a steady thrust during the flight.
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