Russian-built first stage unlikely to cause S.Korean rocket explosion ? expert

MISSION CONTROL (Moscow Region) - An explosion of a South Korean rocket last week was not caused by Russian-built first stage of the spacecraft, a deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said.

The KSLV-1 (The First Korean Space Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier with STSAT-2B climate satellite onboard blasted off on June 10 at noon Moscow time [08:00 GMT] and exploded two minutes after take-off.

"The commission investigating causes of the accident continues its work and has several ver [...]

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