Nuri Rocket Soars Into Space Carrying 15 Satellites for Fifth Launch

South Korea's indigenous space launch vehicle Nuri soared into space carrying 15 satellites at 12:25 p.m. today (October 7).

With launch preparation procedures proceeding smoothly, Nuri took off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at the scheduled time announced by the Korea AeroSpace Administration this morning.

Nuri separated its first stage about 2 minutes after liftoff, followed by the fairing (satellite protection cover) separation about 4 minutes after liftoff.

Approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds after launch, the second stage separated.

The expected impact zones for the first stage, fairing, and second stage are waters located approximately 396 km, 1,587 km, and 2,667 km away from the launch pad, respectively.

Nuri passed an altitude of 300 km, and it was confirmed to be in normal flight.

Nuri carried 15 payloads, consisting of five micro-cluster satellites (Nos. 2 through 6) as primary payloads and 10 cube satellites.

Nuri will sequentially deploy these satellites into an orbit at an altitude of 570 km.

The micro-cluster satellites will be deployed one by one at intervals of 35 to 40 seconds, while the cube satellites will be ejected two at a time at 10-second intervals.
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