Nuri | NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
May 25, 2023, 8:54 a.m. - May 25, 2023, 9:54 a.m.
May 25, 2023, 8:54 a.m. - May 25, 2023, 9:54 a.m.
Third flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Livestream has started
GO for launch.
Scrubbed for the day due to launcher communication issue.
Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is South Korea's second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-1.
See DetailsThe 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.
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