Innospace rocket’s maiden flight slips to Dec. 20 due to “unexpected rain.”

▲HANBIT-TLV at the launch pad. / Credit: Innospace 출처 : 산경투데이(https://www.sankyungtoday.com)

 

 

 

By Park Si-soo

 

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Sankyung Today) -- South Korea’s rocket startup Innospace said Dec. 18 that the inaugural launch of its suborbital technology demonstration rocket has slipped from Dec. 19 to 20 due to “unexpected rain.”

 

Up to 40 mm of rain and strong wind of 11 meters per second are expected at the Alcântara Space Center in northern Brazil, the launch site for the rocket, HANBIT-TLV, according to the company.

 

The rocket’s launch window will remain open until Dec. 21.

 

HANBIT-TLV, a 16.3-meter, single-stage test rocket, is a precursor to the company’s planned commercial satellite launcher Hanbit-Nano, a two-stage small satellite launcher designed to carry up to a 50-kilogram payload to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

 

The first stages of the two rockets are powered by a 15-ton-thrust hybrid rocket engine that uses liquid oxygen and paraffin-based propellants. Hanbit-Nano’s upper stage is equipped with a 3-ton hybrid engine.


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Innospace rocket’s maiden flight slips to Dec. 20 due to “unexpected rain.” (sankyungtoday.com)

Innospace rocket’s maiden flight slips to Dec. 20 due to “unexpected rain.”