South Korea Launches Homegrown Space Rocket Nuri into Space Successfully

The English meaning of Korean rocket named Nuri is "World". It is the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-II) rocket

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Nuri is three-stage rocket, which is designed to put satellites into low orbit of 600-800 kilometers above Earth

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Nuri is 47.2-meter-long. The 200-ton Nuri rocket has diameter of 3.5 meters

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Nuri has four 75-ton liquid thrust engines in first stage, 75-ton liquid engine in second stage and 7-ton liquid engine in third stage

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Nuri was assigned with the task of deploying 8 separate satellites in one flight

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Nuri was launched from the launch site Naro Space Center in Goheung, 328 kilometers south of Seoul

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has commended successful launch of space rocket Nuri as “splendid feat”

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Korea is in plans to conduct three more Nuri launches between 2025 and 2027

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Korea also plans to invest 2.01 trillion won by 2032 to develop next-generation space rocket, which is further advanced than Nuri

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