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Completion of 3rd Launch Vehicle Erection and Securing on the Morning of the 23rd

South Korea's first independently developed space rocket, Nuriho's 3rd launch vehicle, completed its erection on the launch pad on the morning of the 23rd and began final preparations for the launch the following day.

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The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) completed the erection and securing of the Nuriho 3rd launch vehicle at the 2nd launch pad of the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, around 11:33 a.m. that day. Earlier, the Nuriho 3rd launch vehicle departed the assembly building at around 7:20 a.m. and arrived at the 2nd launch pad about an hour and a half later, at approximately 8:53 a.m.

Afterwards, KARI will connect umbilicals to supply power and propellants (fuel and oxidizer) and conduct airtightness inspections. The next day, a launch committee will convene to decide whether to proceed with propellant loading, and considering weather conditions, the launch window, technical status, and the possibility of space object collisions, the final launch time will be set. Tentatively, it is scheduled for around 6:24 p.m. on the 24th.

The Nuriho third launch vehicle was erected and secured on the morning of the 23rd at the 2nd launch pad of Naro Space Center in Naro-do, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do. Photo by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

Unlike the 1st and 2nd test launches, which aimed to reach orbit, the 3rd launch of Nuriho is an actual mission. It will carry out the real task of placing the next-generation Small Satellite No. 2 and seven public and private CubeSats into a 550 km orbit.

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