Minister of Education, Science and Technology Lee Ju-ho says South Korea’s third attempt to launch a rocket into outer space will be carried out this coming October.

Lee told South Korean reporters while on a visit to Moscow Friday that he personally confirmed the completion of the first stage of Naro rocket at Khrunichev State Company.

Lee said the first-stage rocket would be transported to South Korea sometime in July or August, and the launch would take place without a hitch in October.

The minister emphasized that this third launch, which comes after two failed missions, would succeed as South Korea and Russia have solved problems raised in the first two launches.

Lee also stressed the importance of developing South Korea’s own space launch vehicle to put a low-orbit applications technology satellite into space with South Korean technology by the year 2021.