Normal Flight Completed... Success Announcement Soon (Comprehensive) [Nuriho 2nd Launch]

The Korean launch vehicle Nuriho (KSLV-II), designed and manufactured entirely with domestic technology, is soaring into space with flames erupting from the launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do on the 21st. Unlike the first launch, which carried only a dummy satellite with no actual functionality, the second Nuriho launch this time is equipped with a performance verification satellite and four CubeSats. / Goheung = Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] South Korea's first indigenous space launch vehicle, Nuriho, successfully completed its second launch on the afternoon of the 21st. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) plan to officially announce the detailed data analysis results at 5:10 PM today.

At exactly 4:00 PM, Nuriho took off from the second launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, emitting loud roaring sounds and bright flames as it headed into space. About 2 minutes and 7 seconds after liftoff, the first stage successfully separated, followed by fairing separation, second stage separation, third stage engine ignition and shutdown, all proceeding normally. Around 4:13 PM, the third stage was inserted into the target orbit of 700 km, after which the performance verification satellite and satellite mock-up were sequentially separated.

Oh Tae-seok, the first vice minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said immediately after the launch, "All procedures and flight of the second Nuriho launch proceeded normally," adding, "We confirmed the successful launch through the analysis of the first communication data with the Antarctic ground station and plan to announce it at 5:10 PM."

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