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[공식] 누리호 2차 발사 생중계

우주강국을 향한누리호의 두 번째 도전! 나로우주센터에서 발사 현장을 생생하게 전달해 드립니다.

Flight Test 2

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit LC-2 Naro Space Center, South Korea

Second flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying a dummy satellite Payload of 1500 kg to sun-synchronous orbit. The mission will in addition launch the performance verification satellite (PVSAT) and four Cubesats: - CubeSat (6U) STEP Cube Lab-II - CubeSat (3U) SNUGLITE-II - CubeSat (3U) MIMAN - CubeSat (3U) RANDEV

Updates

Nosu • June 21, 2022, 8:09 a.m.

Successful launch confirmed.


Nosu • June 21, 2022, 7 a.m.

Liftoff


Nosu • June 21, 2022, 6:40 a.m.

English webcast live


Nuri

Family: KSLV
Configuration: 2

Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is South Korea's second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-1.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    47.2 m
  • Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.5 m
  • Launch Mass
    200 T
  • Thrust
    2612 kN
Family
  • Name
    Nuri
  • Family
    KSLV
  • Variant
    2
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    KSLV-2 Nuri
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    2600 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

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Cho Gwang-rae Founded: 1989 Successes: 4 Failures: 3 Pending: 0

Agency Type: Government

The 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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