Space agency chief says preparations for 5th Nuri launch on track

The chief of South Korea's space agency, Oh Tae-seok, has announced that preparations for the fifth launch of the homegrown Nuri rocket are proceeding on track for a scheduled launch next week on October 7 at the Naro Space Center in Goheung. The Nuri rocket will carry a total of 15 satellites, including five that will form part of the country's first domestically launched microsatellite constellation, known as New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellations for National Safety (NEONSAT), and 10 CubeSats as secondary payloads.

Oh Tae-seok emphasized that a key challenge for the launch will be precisely deploying all 15 satellites from the launch vehicle and placing them into their designated orbits, highlighting the importance of this capability for commercial launch services.

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