South Korea's HANBIT-TLV Rocket Blasts Off in Stunning Test Launch

LIFTOFF: Innospace, a South Korean space startup, blasted off its suborbital test launch vehicle, HANBIT-TLV, from Brazil.

The 8.4-ton thrust single stage hybrid rocket was fired from the Alcantara Space Center in northern Brazil at 2:52 p.m. Sunday (local time), or 2:52 a.m. Monday (Korean time), putting Brazinial navigation satellite SISNAV in orbit.

Innospace had attempted to launch HANBIT-TLV since December last year but had postponed it several times due to weather conditions and mechanical errors.

The HANBIT-TLV, the first civilian small satellite launcher in South Korea, is a test project to validate the first stage engine of HANBIT-Nano, a commercial rocket for small satellites capable of carrying a 50-kilogram payload.

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