Tuesday, September 30, 2003
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! SOUTH KOREA'S FIRST SCEINCE SATELLITE IS LOST IN SPACE
The nation's first scientific satellite, launched on Saturday, is literally lost in space, as the Ground Operation Control Center had still not been able to communicate with the satellite as of Monday night.
Starting with a first attempt at a link at 10 p.m. Saturday, the control team attempted unsuccessfully to reach the satellite eight times, said team members from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). As a result, the team has been unable to determine where the satellite is.
