South Korea’s Nuri rocket places 13 satellites into orbit
Homegrown rocket launched from Goheung, coastal village located 473 kilometers south of Seoul
ISTANBUL
South Korea's domestically developed space rocket, Nuri, successfully lifted off from the Naro Space Center on Thursday local time, deploying 13 satellites in its fourth launch, according to space authorities.
Weighing 200 tons, the Nuri rocket launched from Goheung, a coastal village located 473 kilometers (nearly 294.52 miles) south of Seoul, at 1.13 am (1613GMT Wednesday), said the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
The launch was slightly delayed from its original time of 0:55 am (1555GMT Wednesday) to a sensor issue, according to Yonhap news agency.
The rocket completed its first-stage separation approximately two minutes after liftoff, and the second-stage four minutes and 30 seconds into the flight.
After reaching a target altitude of 600 kilometers (nearly 372.82 miles), Nuri deployed the CAS500-3, a next-generation medium-sized satellite, along with 12 cube satellites.
This was Nuri's first-ever nighttime launch.
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