[Anchor]

Let's check in on the situation at the site once more. Nuri's fifth flight has now fully concluded. Let's connect with the Naro Space Center in Goheung to see how it wrapped up.

Reporter Han Sung-hee, so far things have proceeded smoothly without any major issues.

[Reporter]

Yes, at 12:25 PM, about 20 minutes after Nuri lifted off, a loud roar could be heard even here at a distance from the launch pad, and we could directly feel the ground shake slightly.

We were also able to see Nuri heading into space, spewing flames, from up close.

The Korea AeroSpace Administration announced a short while ago that Nuri's flight has completely ended.

The separation of the first stage took place over the open sea, followed by the fairing, which protects the satellite, and then the second stage separation—all occurring in the planned sequence without any particular problems.

Nuri reached the vicinity of its target altitude of 570 km at around 12:37 PM.

It succeeded in deploying the first of the five micro-satellite swarm units about 13 minutes after launch.

Subsequently, the remaining four units were released one after another at intervals of 35 to 40 seconds, followed by all ten cube satellites being released into space at intervals of about 10 seconds, successfully carrying out the mission.

Afterwards, Nuri's upper stage completed its flight after executing a collision-avoidance maneuver to prevent it from colliding with the satellites in space.

[Anchor]

About when will the success of this project be officially confirmed?

[Reporter]

The Korea AeroSpace Administration plans to officially announce the results of the Nuri launch at around 2:00 PM.

The key factor is whether the 15 satellites have properly settled into their orbits.

Nuri's most important mission is to position the five micro-satellite swarm units at the target altitude of 570 km.

The same goes for the remaining ten cube satellites.

Only after ground stations establish communication with the satellites can it truly be called a final success.

Among the cube satellites, communication with "Sledge" is planned to be verified by tomorrow, and with "GBSat" by October 18.

(Live Broadcasting: Pyun Chan-hyung, Video Reporting: Lee Chan-soo, Video Editing: So Ji-hye)