The Arirang-2 is an earth observation satellite launched into the orbit by a Russian rocket on July 28, 2006, from Russia`s Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The Russian rocket developer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center also manufactured the first-phase rocket for Korea’s first space projectile Naro. The Arirang-2 is the lone Korean satellite that is operating. The Arirang-1, which was put into orbit in 1999, lost communication with ground control in late 2007. Read More
