[Nuriho 3rd Launch] Successful Satellite Deployment... Flight Ended

Arrival at 550km Altitude, Deployment of 8 Onboard Satellites

The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that at around 6:44 PM on the 25th, the Nuriho 3rd launch vehicle reached its target orbit of 550 km, deployed all eight onboard satellites, and then ended its flight.

Nuriho 3rd Launch 'Carrying Real Satellites'
(Yeosu=Yonhap News) Photo by Kim Do-hoon = Korea's indigenous launch vehicle Nuriho (KSLV-II) was launched on the afternoon of the 25th at Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do. This 3rd launch of Nuriho is the first case of launching practical-grade satellites by carrying one Next-Generation Small Satellite No. 2 and seven CubeSats. 2023.5.25
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The Nuriho 3rd launch vehicle was launched precisely at 6:24 PM that day and smoothly carried out all flight procedures including first stage, fairing, and second stage separation. Then, at around 6:37 PM, it reached the target orbit of 550 km and first separated the main payload, the Next-Generation Small Satellite 2. Subsequently, at 20-second intervals, it sequentially deployed three private company CubeSats: JAC from JusTech, LUMIR-T1 from Lumir, and KSAT3U from Kairospace.

The Nuriho 3rd launch vehicle then sequentially released four satellites of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute’s Doyosat at 20-second intervals, placing them into orbit.

The Ministry of Science and ICT declared the end of flight and successful satellite deployment via an on-site broadcast at around 6:43 PM. A final announcement on the success of the mission, including confirmation of satellite orbit insertion, is scheduled for around 7:40 PM.