Nuri rocket readies for 5th launch
Korea’s homegrown Nuri rocket completed preparations for liftoff on Tuesday, a day before its fifth launch, scheduled for around noon. According to the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), Nuri arrived at the launchpad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, around 7:40 a.m. and was erected and secured at 10:30 a.m. KASA plans to hold its launch…
The Korea Times reports that Korea's Nuri rocket has completed preparations for its fifth launch, scheduled for around noon. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) is set to hold a launch management committee meeting at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday to finalize the launch time. The rocket, which will carry 15 satellites including five NEONSAT swarm microsatellites and 10 CubeSats, is expected to take about 30 minutes to complete its flight.
This fifth launch aims to build the Nuri rocket's reliability through repeated production and launches using the same design.
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