SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Thursday it will begin a public tendering process to select a company to lead the country’s space project worth 2.01 trillion won (US$1.6 billion) to develop a next-generation space vehicle. Under the project, South Korea aims to develop a vehicle with enhanced transportation capacity [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has officially begun preparations for the next launch of homegrown space rocket Nuri aiming to send a next-generation medium-sized satellite into space in the second half of 2025, the state space institute said Friday. Along with officials from the science ministry, related authorities and companies, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s homegrown space rocket successfully made its flight to put eight payload satellites into orbit Thursday, demonstrating the country’s status as one of the seven space powerhouses that developed a space launch vehicle that can carry a more than 1-ton satellite. Nuri blasted off from the Naro Space [...]
GOHEUNG, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials and researchers from South Korea’s state-run space institutions, universities and companies have begun last-minute preparations for a mission to put practical satellites into orbit for the first time. South Korea’s homegrown space rocket Nuri is ready to be loaded with eight payloads and its lower stages have been [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday successfully launched its homegrown space rocket Nuri in the second attempt to put satellites into orbit, reaching a major milestone in the country’s space program. The 200-ton Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, blasted off from the Naro Space Center in the country’s southern coastal village [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday set June 15 as the second launch date of its homegrown space rocket Nuri, eight months after the first launch failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit. Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is set to lift off from the Naro Space Center in the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to set the launch date of next month’s second launch of Nuri, the country’s first homegrown space rocket, eight months after the failure of the first launch, officials said Monday. In October, Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, successfully flew to a target altitude of 700 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The loosening of a device to anchor a helium tank of the Nuri space rocket was found to have caused the early shutdown of the rocket’s third-stage engine, leading to a mission failure, the science ministry said Wednesday. In October, South Korea launched the country’s first homegrown space rocket, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s launch of its first homegrown space rocket ended in “half-success” Thursday, but it will likely prompt the country to double its efforts to join the global space club with its homegrown rocket technology. The KSLV-II, also known as Nuri, carried a 1.5-ton dummy satellite after being blasted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will launch its first homegrown space rocket next month as it is in the final stages of preparations, the science ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the rocket, Nuri, will lift off Oct. 21 as scheduled at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, [...]