Naro-1 (Korean: 나로호), previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV, is South Korea's first carrier rocket.and the first South Korean launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.On 30 January 2013 the third Naro-1 vehicle built successfully placed STSAT-2C into low Earth orbit.The solid-fuel rocket second stage was built by KARI, the national space agency of South Korea, and Korean Air.