Nuri rocket readies for 5th launch

Korea's Nuri rocket, the country's homegrown spacecraft, is set to make its fifth launch on Tuesday, one day prior to the scheduled time. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has confirmed that the rocket arrived at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, and was prepared for launch. The launch management committee will convene around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday to finalize the launch window, which is expected to occur between 12:23 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. The fifth launch aims to enhance Nuri's reliability through repeated production and launches using the same design while deploying its largest-ever number of satellites into orbit.

Hanwha Aerospace has been overseeing the production and assembly process as the rocket's system integrator since the fourth launch last year. The Nuri will carry 15 satellites on its fifth mission, including five NEONSAT swarm microsatellites as the primary payload and 10 CubeSats as secondary payloads, with a total payload weight of approximately 1,071 kilograms.

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