CHOLLIMA-I
– SCI & TECH
News:
A
space race on the Korean Peninsula
What's
in the news?
● It's
been an eventful year for the rival space programmes of Seoul and Pyongyang: on
May 25, South Korea for the first time used an indigenous launch vehicle to
place a mission-capable satellite in orbit, and a few days later, North Korea launched a new rocket design
from a new facility.
Chollima-I:
● The
newly developed Chollima-1 rocket was launched at the North’s Sohae Satellite
Launching Ground in the northwest, carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite.
● The
rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast after it lost thrust
following the separation of its first and second stages.
Other
Key Features:
● The
new flight was the 6th satellite sent
off by North Korea.
● It
was accomplished by means of the Chollima-1, a brand-new space launcher that is
known to have an engine that is comparable to the dual-nozzle liquid-fuel
machine that North Korea used in the Hwasong-15 ICBM.
Launched
by -
North Korea
Violation
of UNSC Resolution:
● The
satellite launch by North Korea is a violation of U.N. Security Council
resolutions that ban the country from conducting any launch based on ballistic
technology.