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 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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South Korea's first launch of the two-stage KSLV-1, in August last year, failed to place its satellite payload into the proper orbit.

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The KSLV-1 is 33m long and weighs some 140 tonnes.

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