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    S.Korean Rocket Lifts Off, in Third Attempt to Place Satellite in Orbit

   South Korea has launched a rocket aimed at putting a satellite into
   orbit, in what Seoul hopes is a major victory for the country`s space
   program.
   The Korea Space Launch Vehicle lifted off from the Naro Space Center on
   the country`s southern coast Wednesday. South Korean media declared the
   mission a success, but there was no immediate official word about
   whether the satellite deployed as planned.
   It is the third time that South Korea has attempted to launch a
   satellite into orbit. In 2009, the rocket achieved orbit but the
   satellite did not deploy. A year later, the rocket exploded just two
   minutes after liftoff.
   This latest launch comes just a month after North Korea successfully
   sent what it said was a weather satellite into space. The move was
   widely condemned by the international community as a violation of U.N.
   sanctions barring it from conducting ballistic missile tests.
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