South Korea’s First Native Rocket ‘Nuri’ Launched into Space

South Korea has been working on its domestic rocket Nuri for a long time. In fact, the authorities, who made a launch towards the end of last year, announced that they were unsuccessful in this launch. Today, the tide has turned. South Korea successfully launched its domestic rocket named Nuri and succeeded in placing the payloads it sent into space for test purposes into orbit.

Launched from the Naro Space Center in the south of South Korea, Nuri took a 162.5 kg test satellite with it. South Korean officials announced that the test satellite had entered orbit and made contact with a base station in Antarctica. In addition, a 1.3-ton satellite and small satellites developed by South Korean university students were also successfully put into orbit.

Nuri will form the basis of South Korea’s space studies

Nuri is a critical rocket for South Korea. Authorities describe this rocket as South Korea’s freedom in the sky. The South Korean administration will use this launch rocket to carry 6G connection technologies, other communication networks, spy satellites and even Moon probes. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, “Now the path from our land to space has been opened.” He explained the importance of Nuri by using his expressions.

South Korea has been working on space technologies for more than 30 years. In fact, launch satellite studies were carried out in the past years, but they were not successful. Now this situation has changed. Collaborating with many countries, especially the USA, South Korea seems determined to strengthen its presence in space.

Those moments when Nuri was successfully launched: