(6th LD) Nuri rocket deploys 5 satellites for S. Korea's first microsatellite constellation

South Korea successfully deployed five satellites for its first domestically launched microsatellite constellation during the fifth flight of its homegrown Nuri rocket on October 7. The 200-ton Nuri blasted off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, about 400 kilometers south of Seoul, at 12:25 p.m. and completed its flight about 20 minutes later.

The rocket successfully deployed its primary payload of five New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) microsatellites, while nine of its 10 CubeSat secondary payloads were released as planned.

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