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\ South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle a few hours ago. With the latest updates we have our Lee Rae-hyun standing by on the line. Rae-hyun, do fill us in. Right, Daniel as you just said, a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle was successfully conducted at around 6:50 PM. 9 months after the homegrown rocket's first test. After the flight, the defense ministry said that this was a subsequent test after the first in March, while saying that more will be carried out in the coming years. Back in March this year, the state-run Agency for Defense Development carried out the first test of the domestically-developed solid-fuel space rocket at a testing site in Taean County, 150 kilometers southwest of Seoul, to confirm its capabilities. The rocket is designed to put a small satellite into a low orbit for surveillance operations. Compared with liquid-fuel space vehicles, solid-fuel ones have a more simplified structure and are more cost-effective to launch. Seoul's space rocket project gained momentum after Seoul and Washington agreed last year to lift the missile range guidelines that had restricted South Korea from developing or possessing ballistic missiles with a maximum range greater than 800 kilometers. Meanwhile, some citizens across the country had previously reported that there was an unidentified flying object in the sky, but turned out that this was the test flight. The ministry said that officials had earlier prepared safety-related measures for in the air and out at sea, but was not able to notify citizens in advance due to military security matters. That's all I have for this hour back to you, Daniel.