Korean Satellite Launch Is a Success

The second multipurpose non-military satellite Arirang II was launched successfully on July 28.

Arirang II has a one-meter optical camera, which is the highest quality camera for non-military use.

With this success, Korea became the seventh country that possesses a high resolution satellite following the countries such as the U.S. and China.

“Arirang II succeed in launching at Base Plesetsk which is 800km away northeast from Moscow at 4:05p.m.,” the Ministry of Science and Technology and Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that day.

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