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Flight Test 2

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit LC-2 Naro Space Center, South Korea

Second flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying a dummy satellite Payload of 1500 kg to sun-synchronous orbit. The mission will in addition launch the performance verification satellite (PVSAT) and four Cubesats: - CubeSat (6U) STEP Cube Lab-II - CubeSat (3U) SNUGLITE-II - CubeSat (3U) MIMAN - CubeSat (3U) RANDEV

Updates

Nosu • June 21, 2022, 8:09 a.m.

Successful launch confirmed.


Nosu • June 21, 2022, 7 a.m.

Liftoff


Nosu • June 21, 2022, 6:40 a.m.

English webcast live


Cosmic_Penguin • June 17, 2022, 11:47 a.m.

Rescheduled for June 21


Cosmic_Penguin • June 15, 2022, 9:01 a.m.

Scrubbed due to LOX tank sensor problem; requires roll-back


Nuri

Family:
Configuration: 2

Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is South Korea's second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-1.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    47.2 m
  • Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Launch Mass
    200.0 T
  • Thrust
    2612.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Nuri
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    2
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    KSLV-2 Nuri
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    2600.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

(KARI)

Administrator: Lee Sang-Ryool Founded: 1989 Successes: 6 Failures: 3 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) established in 1989, is the aeronautics and space agency of Republic of Korea. Its main laboratories are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town.

INFO WIKI
SpaceNews

South Korean rocket puts satellites in orbit for the first time in second flight

South Korea’s homegrown rocket KSLV-2 successfully put satellites into low Earth orbit for the first time in its second flight June 21.

NASA Spaceflight

KARI reaches orbit on second test flight of domestic Nuri rocket

The Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has conducted its second launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-II rocket, also known as Nuri. This was Nuri’s return to flight after nearly reaching orbit on its previous mission. Th…

Naro Space Center, South Korea

LC-2


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