The two-stage rocket, called Korea Space Launch Vehicle I or KSLV-I, blasted off at 5 p.m. into blue skies from the seaside Naro Space Center, near the city of Goheung on the country's south coast.

被称作“韩国航天运载器一号”的两级火箭是周二下午5时从韩国南部海岸高兴郡的罗老宇航中心发射升空的。

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The failure was caused by a problem with the Progress' Soyuz rocket, which is similar to the one Russia uses to launch its crew-carrying vehicle — also called Soyuz — to the station.

这次失败是由“进步号”的联盟火箭问题引起的，这和国际空间站的俄罗斯载人飞船相似--也称为联盟号。

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A similar effort simulates the launch vehicle digital computer (LVDC) that managed the firing of the rocket engines during ascent into orbit.

类似的工作仿真了在进入轨道期间管理火箭引擎点火的运载火箭数字计算机(Launch Vehicle Digital Computer, LVDC)。

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GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington-based firm that focuses on "emerging security challenges, " said the image released by DigitalGlobe shows the contrail, or vapor trail, and rocket exhaust plume of the launch vehicle.

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