All Nine Sub-Satellites on Nuri's 5th Launch Successfully Establish Communication

The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced today (October 13) that all nine sub-satellites carried on the fifth launch of the Nuri space launch vehicle have successfully established communication.

During the fifth launch of Nuri, which took place at 12:25 PM on October 7, nine out of ten sub-satellites were successfully deployed.

Among the nine, eight successfully established communication on the day of the launch, while the remaining one, DaejeonSat-1, succeeded in two-way communication at 11:00 PM on October 8.

Space Lintech's B-1012, Unmanned Exploration Laboratory's Ulysses, and Space & Bean's SD1Sat successfully established two-way communication during their first communication attempts at 2:00 PM on the day of the launch.

KARI's Space Verification Platform for Domestic Component Parts 2 also achieved two-way communication during its first attempt at 2:30 PM on the same day.

Chosun University's Space Optical Communication Orbit Verification Satellite received a beacon signal indicating the satellite's status during its first communication attempt at 2:00 PM and succeeded in two-way communication around 11:00 PM that same day.

KASA stated that OnbSpace's Sledge, Cosmoworks' Jack-007, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology's (KAIST) GBI-Sat successfully received data (downlink) by picking up beacon signals on the day of the launch, and are currently attempting data uplink for two-way communication.

After completing basic satellite status checks through communication, the sub-satellites will go through an initial operation phase to verify that all systems are functioning properly before beginning their missions.

(Photo: Provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Yonhap News)
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