South Korea's rocket, the KSLV-1, on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center. (AFP/Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
InterAksyon.com
The online news portal of TV5
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine authorities said late Friday morning they are in "suspended animation" after South Korea announced the suspension of its third attempt to launch a rocket ship, originally scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Manila time.
Undersecretary Benito Ramos, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said Philippine defense attach? to South Korea, Col. Ireneo Maningding, reported that the "launching is postponed, aborted due to technical problems."
The technical problem had something to do with fuel, Ramos said.
An Agence France-Presse quoted South Korean officials as saying there had been a helium leak in the rocket.
There is still a window from October 27 to 31 within which the launch may push through.
Despite the launch suspension, Ramos said the ?no fly, no sail, no fish zones? imposed along the eastern seaboard of the country will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Friday.
The areas covered by these zones are Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Samar, the Leyte provinces, the Surigao provinces, Dinagat Island and Siargao.
Ramos earlier reported that the rocket?s projected flight path would take it 540 nautical miles east of the Philippines about 15 to 20 minutes from the launch.
Meanwhile, Ramos also warned fishermen and other souvenir-seekers should not get any debris from the rocket, not only for their safety but because this would be government property.
Ramos told InterAksyon.com, before the launch suspension was confirmed, that it is the government that will fish out the rocket booster and body once they fall into Philippine waters and remain on the surface.
However, if the debris sinks, it will be left on the ocean floor.
Recovered debris will be taken to the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute for study, Ramos said.
"The debris will be roughly the size of one jumbo jet," Ramos said.?
The NDRRMC is preparing for three scenarios: either the rocket falls in one piece, breaks up into pieces, or disintegrates as it falls.
Ramos said a successful launch will benefit the Philippines and the rest of the world because the satellite carried by the rocket is intended to improve mobile connection and ultimately make cell sites obsolete.
In April, the country was also placed on alert when North Korea tested a missile. But it exploded two minutes into launch.
Unlike the failed North Korean test, Ramos said they were not worried about any possible radioactivity from the South Korean rocket because Seoul had been "transparent" and shown details of the launch.
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