‘Korean Projectile Safety Control plan’ established to secure success in launch of ‘Nuri’

(Control over land) 3km around the launcher [Photo provided = KARI]

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT Minister: Lim Hye-sook) announced that they held the ‘Second assembly for Korean projectile safety control’ and established the ‘Korean Projectile Safety Control plan’ to secure success in launch.

This April MSIT formed ‘Assembly for Korean projectile safety control’ consisted of 11 institutes including the government and opened 2 discussion sessions and 2 practical discussions to secure systematical operation of safety control and smooth cooperation between institutes. Specifically the 11 institutes are MSIT ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport Ministry of Oceans and Fishes Korean National Police Agency Korea Coast Guard Korea National Fire Agency Korea Forest Service Yeosu City Goheung-gun and Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

The control plan is consisted of safety plans of personnel equipment and facility in land sea and air and roles and performance plan of individual institutes.

MSIT will manage a field training near the space center based on the plan with all 11 institutes participating.

Kwon Hyun-joon Director General of MSIT Space and Big Science Policy Division said that they will do their best to secure public safety and successful launch by following the security plan.

MSIT opened space development promotion practical committee with 16 related ministries and offices and is scheduling launch of KSLV-Ⅱ also called ‘Nuri’ in October. The projectile is a three-stage rocket with 1500 kg weight on board and 47.2m length. The first rocket has four 75t liquid engines second has one of it and the third has one 7t engine.

The second and third rocket passed verification and the engines of the first rocket is on combustion test in the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

Nuri had a scheduled launch in February but due an adjustment in the development schedule of first rocket the space committee delayed it last December.

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