{"id":66503,"date":"2026-10-07T05:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=d4d9e9665f692e3bee55f3c5a165f43e"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:04:28","slug":"south-korea-launches-nuri-rocket-carrying-15-satellites-its-1st-liftoff-of-2026-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/10\/07\/south-korea-launches-nuri-rocket-carrying-15-satellites-its-1st-liftoff-of-2026-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea launches Nuri rocket carrying 15 satellites, its 1st liftoff of 2026 (photo)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
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South Korea just launched its first orbital mission of the year.<\/p>

The milestone came on Tuesday night (Oct. 6), when the homegrown Nuri<\/u><\/a> rocket lifted off from the nation's Naro Space Center, carrying 15 satellites<\/u><\/a> skyward.<\/p>

Liftoff occurred at 11:25 p.m. EDT (0325 GMT and 12:25 p.m. <\/strong>local time on Oct. 7). Almost everything went well: All but one of the payloads was successfully delivered to low Earth orbit<\/u><\/a> as planned, according to the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).<\/p>

Five of those payloads are microsatellites for South Korea's nascent New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) network.<\/p>

\"Each NEONSAT weighs less than 100 kilograms [220 pounds] and carries an electro-optical camera capable of distinguishing objects as small as 1 meter [3.3 feet] in black-and-white images and 4 meters [13.1 feet] in color images,\" South Korea's Yonhap news agency wrote in a prelaunch preview<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>

\"The satellites will monitor the Korean Peninsula and surrounding areas for national security and disaster response,\" Yonhap added.<\/p>

Two NEONSAT satellites had launched before today, both aboard Rocket Lab<\/u><\/a> Electron vehicles. The first went up in April 2024<\/u><\/a>, and the second flew in January of this year<\/u><\/a>. Five more will launch atop a Nuri next year, rounding out the constellation, according to Yonhap.<\/p>

The other 10 satellites that went up tonight are cubesats<\/u><\/a>, which were provided by a variety of operators. And it was one of these cubesats that experienced difficulty on Tuesday night: PERSAT02, which was developed by the South Korean company Quaternion, failed to deploy, KARI wrote in an X post<\/u><\/a> about two hours after launch.<\/p>

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The 155-foot-tall (47 meters) Nuri, also known as KSLV-II (Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II), is South Korea's first fully homegrown orbital launcher. It is jointly operated by KARI and the company Hanwha Aerospace. <\/p>

The three-stage rocket failed during its debut mission in October 2021 but is now riding a streak of four straight successes.<\/p>

\"Through this 5th launch, we have further elevated the Nuri rocket's capability to perform space transportation missions by precisely deploying multiple satellites into orbit in a single launch,\" KARI wrote in the same X post. \"We sincerely thank all citizens for your warm interest and support for the successful flight of the Nuri rocket.\"<\/p>\n <\/article>\n \n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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