韩国以技术问题为由推迟了首枚太空火箭发射。火箭发射前八分钟工程师突然放弃发射。火箭原计划星期三从首尔以南的罗老航天中心发射。这枚火箭由韩国和俄罗斯合作研发，计划将把韩国制造的观测卫星送入太空轨道。
韩国教育部空间和技术政策主任说，火箭燃料箱的一个压力阀显示压力降低。他说韩国和俄罗斯的工程师正在分析问题。火箭的发射已经被推迟几次。韩国先前发射的卫星是在海外用外国制造的火箭发射的。
South Korea has postponed the launch of its first space-bound rocket, citing technical problems.Engineers aborted the launch Wednesday less than eight minutes before the scheduled liftoff from the Naro Space Center south of Seoul.The rocket, made in cooperation with Russia, was to carry a Korean-made observation satellite into orbit.
A policy director at South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Space and Technology (Lee Sang-mok) says a pressure valve on one of the rocket’s fuel tanks showed a drop. He said Korean and Russian engineers are analyzing the problem.The launch has been postponed several other times.South Korea previously has launched satellites from overseas sites on foreign-made rockets.