Photo News 'South Korea's Wings Toward Space'… Nuri Rocket 5th Launch Achieves Perfect Success

The Nuri rocket (KSLV-II), South Korea's indigenous launch vehicle developed with its own technology, has successfully completed its fifth launch mission.

The Korea Aerospace Administration and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute officially announced on the 7th that the Nuri rocket 5 launched at 12:25 p.m. from Launch Pad 2 of Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, has entered its target orbit and successfully separated all onboard satellites.

On this day, the Nuri rocket rose into the sky with magnificent flames immediately after liftoff, and successfully separated the first stage, fairing, and second stage in sequence to continue its flight. Subsequently, at the target altitude of 570 kilometers, it perfectly separated a total of 15 onboard satellites, including 5 ultra-small cluster satellites and 10 CubeSats, at the planned time.

Particularly in this 5th launch, a record-high 15 satellites were carried out for on-time delivery, and successful communication with Sejong Station immediately after separation demonstrated the normal operational status of the satellites.

Oh Tae-seok, Administrator of the Korea Aerospace Administration, said in a briefing, "Through the successful 5th launch of the Nuri rocket, South Korea's space transportation capability has become even more solid, and launch reliability has been further strengthened."

With this, the Nuri rocket has overcome the disappointment from the 1st launch in 2021 and achieved consecutive successes from the 2nd to 5th launches, establishing itself as South Korea's primary space launch vehicle in both name and reality. The government plans to accelerate the expansion of a private sector-led space industry ecosystem based on the Nuri rocket's successful experience.