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Goheung

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Goheung
Credit: © Mark Wade

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AKA: Naro Space Center. First Launch: 2009-08-25. Last Launch: 2013-01-30. Number: 3 . Location: Goheung, Jeollanamdo. Longitude: 127.53 deg. Latitude: 34.43 deg.

The total area was planned to be 500,000 square meters, including 300,000 square meters of buildings. By the end of Phase 4 it was to comprise two launch pads, a combustion test building, a radar center, an observatory tower, a launch control center, surveillance radar, a helipad, generator buildings, support equipment storage warehouses, a meteorological office, quarters, a press center, a satellite assembly shop, a space experience hall and an optical tracking center. A total of 125 million dollars would be expended through Phase I in 2005, with the final total cost through 2015 expected to be $ 4.3 billion. The center was eventually expected to provide 5,200 jobs. Woenaro Island had an area of 26.5 square kilometers and a pre-construction population of 4,000. The island had a shoreline of 45 kilometers and its highest point was 393 meters above sea level.

• STSAT-2 - . Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: STSAT.

• STSAT-2B - . Mass: 99 kg (218 lb). Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Spacecraft: STSAT. Science and Technology Satellite with Lyman-alpha imaging solar telescope and laser altimeter..

• STSat-2C - . Mass: 90 kg (198 lb). Nation: Korea South. Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic satellite. Spacecraft: STSat. USAF Sat Cat: 39068 . COSPAR: 2013-003A. Apogee: 1,464 km (909 mi). Perigee: 295 km (183 mi). Inclination: 80.27 deg. Period: 102.56 min. First indigenously-launched South Korean satellite; first successful launch of KSLV-III launch vehicle..