The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), South Korea's first space rocket, is wheeled to its launch pad at Naro Space Centre in Goheung, 485 km south of Seoul on August 23, 2009. (Korea Pool/AFP/Getty Images)
The two-stage Naro-1 rocket measuring 33 metres (108 ft) long with a 100-kg (220.5-lb) payload lifted off from the country's space centre on its southern coast about 350 km (220 miles) from Seoul.
