Korea Aerospace Research InstituteKSLV Naro-1LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea
STSAT-2B
Launched
June 10, 2010
Summary
STSAT-2B launched on a Korea Aerospace Research Institute KSLV Naro-1 from LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea on June 10, 2010. The mission failed: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly during first stage burn. It was Korea Aerospace Research Institute's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,060th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd KSLV Naro-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Result
- Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly during first stage burn.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- KSLV Naro-1 · Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd KSLV Naro-1 flight · 1st this yearKorea Aerospace Research Institute's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,060th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
STSAT-2B was a South Korean science and technology satellite carried on the second flight of the Naro-1 launcher. Contact with the rocket was lost about 137 seconds after liftoff and the satellite never reached its planned elliptical low Earth orbit.
Pad

LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea
2nd launch from LC-1, 1st this year · 2nd from Naro Space Center, South Korea
3 launches from this pad · 9 from Naro Space Center, South Korea
289 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Naro Space Center, South KoreaOpen in maps
Questions
When did STSAT-2B launch?
STSAT-2B launched on June 10, 2010. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did STSAT-2B fail?
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly during first stage burn.
Where can I watch STSAT-2B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched STSAT-2B?
KSLV Naro-1, flown by Korea Aerospace Research Institute. KSLV Naro-1 spec sheet
Where did STSAT-2B launch from?
LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea.
What orbit was STSAT-2B going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a test flight mission.