LG components to be tested aboard Nuri rocket in 5th launch

SEOUL, October 6 (Yonhap) -- LG Group announced on Tuesday that components developed by its subsidiaries will be subjected to testing on South Korea's indigenous Nuri space rocket during its fifth launch this week. The Nuri rocket is set to be launched from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, roughly 330 kilometers south of Seoul, at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

LG Sciencepark has collaborated with Unmanned Exploration Laboratory, a startup focused on unmanned lunar exploration rovers, to place five LG-affiliated components into space. This marks the inaugural joint testing of LG components in space by LG companies. The components comprise a camera module from LG Innotek Co., a battery pack from LG Energy Solution Ltd., a power module, an attitude-control actuator, and a satellite communications antenna from LG Electronics Co. LG Sciencepark intends to ascertain whether the components function correctly under real space conditions and utilize the data gathered during their operation to refine and progress the technologies.