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[i]Using a smattering of Russian and domestic technology, South Korea launched a small rocket toward space Tuesday, but the booster's nine-minute flight apparently failed to inject its payload into orbit. Korean media outlets immediately hailed the launch as a success, but officials grimly declared the flight suffered a failure a few hours later. Moscow-based Khrunichev, the Russian space contractor that builds Proton rockets, provided the Korea Space Launch Vehicle's first stage. South Korea built the second stage and payload shroud.[/i]
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