THE HISTORY OF KOREAN ROCKETS(1377-2009): FROM JU-HWA TO KSLV-1

摘要

In 1983, the Korean traditional rockets, 'Ju-haw(running fire)' and Sin-gi-geon(Magical-Machine-Arrow) were introduced by author. Ju-hwa was developed into 4 kind of Sin-gi-geon: Small, Medium, Large and Fire-scattering until 1448. The large sin-gi-jeon is 5.5m long, 5 kg weight and 700～800m range. It is the largest paper-propellant case rocket in the world. The fire-scattering sin-gi-jeon is the early type of the multi-stage rocket. The first National Space Development Plan which includes Korea Sounding Rocket(KSR) and Korea Space Launch Vehicle(KSLV) program was made in 1996. KARI launched its first sounding rocket, KSR-I, in 1993. KSR-II was launched in 1997 and 1998 as two-stage sounding rocket. KARI successfully launched the liquid propellant sounding rocket, KSR-III on November 28, 2002. Korea plan to develop a small satellite launch vehicle(KSLV-1).