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Minister: It seems South Korean Rocket Launch Exploded In

Naro Space Center, South Korea (AFP / Oana-Yonhap) - South Korean rocket carrying the satellite exploded believed science on Thursday more than two minutes after takeoff, said Minister of Science and Technology of South Korea's Ahn Byong-man.

Minister Ahn told reporters that the space rocket Naro-one seems to have exploded 137 seconds after takeoff from the space center in the country's southern coast.

"One camera inside the rocket fire detect the beam after mengangkasa 137 minutes, coincided with kehilanagan communication with two-stage rocket," he said.

Cameras were heading towards the Earth when capturing the image.

The minister said discussions were underway with Russian experts who made the rocket's first stage to determine the reasons why the rocket was lost.

South Korean parties have made agreements with the Russian rocket-making.

The launch of the rocket at the Naro Space Center, 465 kilometers south of Seoul, is the second in South Korea in its own territory.

Naro-first launch of the first rocket took place on August 25, 2009 and to reach orbit. But since there are technical problems, the placement of a satellite into orbit failed.