South Korea’s launch of an earth observation satellite yesterday failed to deploy the satellite after one of the satellite’s two covers didn’t come off. The launch was previously scheduled for a week ago, but was aborted due to issues with software that controlled the Russian-built rocket. The rocket performed as expected yesterday, but the satellite was presumed to have burned up in the atmosphere after it failed to deploy.

This is South Korea’s first rocket launch in its effort to become a space power. The rocket launch raised some tensions with North Korea, but was backed by the U.N. given its peaceful mission.

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