Ministry of Science and ICT Announces Results of Nuri Rocket Payload Performance Verification Satellite Deployment on the Afternoon of the 3rd
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The performance verification satellite onboard Nuriho successfully deployed the cube satellite made by Seoul National University on the 3rd.
According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, around 4:25 PM that day, the performance verification satellite operation team ejected the cube satellite SNUglight-2, produced by Seoul National University, into outer space. The research team then attempted to receive status information from the cube satellite twice (at 4:29 PM and 5:56 PM), achieving partial success. In the case of Seoul National University's cube satellite, the antenna deployment time is short, allowing communication attempts shortly after ejection into space.
The research team succeeded in receiving status information data from SNUglight-2 but confirmed that the received data contained errors. They plan to retry receiving status information around 3:21 AM the next day. This cube satellite carries out Earth atmosphere and tsunami observation missions using GPS carrier wave (signal shielding).
Meanwhile, the cube satellite made by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), ejected on the 1st, is progressing smoothly, having succeeded in real-time two-way communication. The KAIST research team succeeded in two-way communication between the ground station and the cube satellite around 4:10 PM that day. Earlier, around 2:00 AM and 2:40 PM, the KAIST ground station transmitted commands to the satellite and received data from the satellite around 4:10 PM.
KAIST explained, "We confirmed that the cube satellite performed its mission normally according to the ground station's commands."
Meanwhile, the performance verification satellite onboard Nuriho previously ejected the cube satellite 'Step Cube Lab-2' made by Chosun University on the 29th of last month. With the successful ejection of the Seoul National University satellite that day, the remaining one is the fine dust observation cube satellite 'MIMAN' made by Yonsei University, scheduled to be ejected on the 5th.
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