After being postponed six times since October 2006, South Korea is readying its first space launch ever, on August 19.
From Kim Tong-hyung, Korea Times:
South Korea's very first space launch has had more false starts than a drunken track meet. Officials at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, which set Aug. 19 as the new launch date for the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), can only hope they won't be crossing the date off their calendars again.
The KSLV-1 will be the first spacecraft to be launched from the Naro Space Center, the country's brand new spaceport at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula.
The launch was originally scheduled for October in 2006, but technical issues forced the launch to be postponed six times before it was set for Aug. 19, Tuesday. The ministry set the "launch window," or the last possible date for the launch, to Aug. 26 and said it will notify the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization immediately.
