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 [...]
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, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The third launch of Nuri, the country’s first homegrown space rocket, will be held in early May, following last year’s successful second test-firing, the state space institute said Tuesday. “A launch management team will be formed in late March, and Nuri will be fired in early May as planned,” [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean satellite has made two-way communication with its ground station, officials said Wednesday, confirming the success of the country’s first-ever self-powered satellite deployment project. South Korea on Tuesday successfully launched the 200-ton Nuri from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern coastal village of Goheung in a [...]
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 June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced Friday it plans to launch its homegrown space rocket next week, after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part in the oxidizer tank sensor, which forced the country to call off the rocket launch this week. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) canceled Thursday’s scheduled launch of [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday postponed the launch of homegrown space rocket Nuri, as a sensor in the oxidizer tank showed irregularities, just one day ahead of the scheduled liftoff. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will transport Nuri back to the assembly building for technical review from the launch [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to postpone this week’s scheduled launch of its space rocket Nuri by one day over safety concerns due to strong winds at the launch site, the science ministry said Tuesday. Nuri was initially set to make its second launch attempt on Wednesday at Naro Space [...]
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 [...]