What Happened
Nuri Space Rocket Successfully Launches Microsatellite Constellation
South Korea successfully deployed five satellites for its first domestically launched microsatellite constellation during the fifth flight of its homegrown Nuri rocket. The rocket, launched from the Naro Space Center, completed its flight about 20 minutes later and deployed its primary payload of five New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety microsatellites. The mission marked Nuri’s first attempt to sequentially deploy multiple primary satellites designed to perform the same mission, demonstrating a key capability needed to launch and operate satellite constellations. This achievement was reported by Yonhap News Agency.