China News Service, June 22. According to Korea International Broadcasting Station (KBS), the South Korean self-developed launch vehicle "World" successfully entered orbit on the 21st, and the performance verification satellite it carried also successfully conducted two-way communication with the ground station on the 22nd. .
Data analysis results show that all functions of the satellite are running normally.
On June 21, local time, the South Korean government announced that the South Korean self-developed carrier rocket "World" was successfully launched on the same day, and the satellites carried by the rocket entered the predetermined orbit.
The picture shows the rocket launching into the sky.
Photo courtesy of China News Agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute
According to the report, the performance verification satellite that entered the orbit is equipped with a heating battery, attitude control device and antenna developed by Korean domestic technology.
The mission will be officially carried out after about a month of initial operation.
Kim Ki-suk, head of the Space Technology Section of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Information and Communications of the Republic of Korea, said that the performance verification satellite will perform 14.6 orbits per day in the earth's sun-synchronous orbit for the next two years.
The performance verification satellite is also equipped with four ultra-small cubesats made by the university. The ultra-small cubesats will be separated from the performance verification satellites one by one every two days from the 29th and perform their own tasks.
According to the news released by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Information and Communications of the Republic of Korea and the Korea Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at 16:00 local time on the 21st, the "World" was ignited as planned at the Luo Lao Aerospace Center in Heng County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
About an hour after the launch, South Korean Minister of Science and Technology Lee Jong-ho announced at a press conference that the "World" was successfully launched, and the satellites carried by the rocket have also successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and said that the successful launch of "World" is a result of South Korean science and technology. A landmark moment in the field and history.