SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will launch its homegrown Nuri space rocket at 18:24 p.m. (09:24 GMT) on Thursday, after the launch was cancelled a day earlier due to technical glitches, the science ministry said.
The third flight of the Nuri rocket would mark a major step in South Korea’s nascent space programme as the country seeks to be a key player in an intensifying race with its Asian neighbours.
The ministry called off a planned launch on Wednesday just hours before the launch time, citing technical problems, which an official said were due to communication errors that had been fixed after overnight work.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies)
