<Anchor>
Today (21st), around the space center, there was tension all day. In particular, many citizens came to watch the launch, even from afar, and cheered for it. Let's call a reporter who has met the researchers and citizens.
Reporter Choi Seon-gil, there was applause from the control building, but it was a bit disappointing at the end. But was that enough to encourage our researchers?
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
Here at the Naro Space Center, researchers and officials have been working hard day and night, working hard on research and development for the launch of the Nuri spacecraft.
It must have been a great disappointment, but there is a great atmosphere to try again with greater hope in the future.
As the Nuri-ho began to fly vigorously toward the sky, the researchers in the control building also applauded and raised expectations for success.
As news of the successful success of the separation of the rocket stage and the fairing was delivered one after another, there were also applause and joy.
However, when it became known that the satellite model failed to reach the target orbit in the final result announcement, sighs poured out from various places.
<Anchor>
Citizens who directly watched the launch of the Nuri seem to have mixed expressions.
<Reporter>
Yes, it is.
Citizens continued to visit the Space Launch Observatory and the beach today to watch the Nuri launch.
However, when the unexpected failure results were announced, there were citizens who could not leave their seats and felt sorry for them.
[Kim Seong-hoon/Changwon-si, Gyeongnam: Rather than saying it was a failure, it was so cool and really cool.
It was impressive.
It doesn't seem like a failure to me, but a great success...
.] Although the
launch was delayed by an hour, the citizens did not leave their seats in the cold weather, and in waiting and nervousness, they all shouted the countdown 10 seconds before the launch.
At the moment of launch, they felt a tremendous vibration, and when they saw the flames, they exclaimed and embraced each other.
Although it ended with a half success, most of the citizens responded that they wanted to send encouragement to the researchers and officials who had been struggling, saying it was a valuable experience to be experienced.
(Video coverage: Jeong Kyung-moon, Kim Hyun-sang, Yang Doo-won, video editing: Lee Seung-jin, on-site moderator: Compilation-hyung)
▶ Next May, the 'real satellite' will be launched...
As scheduled for the second launch
▶ Only the design of the Nuri-ho was changed 12 times…
12 years of running without a break