Oh Tae-seog, head of the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), conducts a detailed briefing on the results at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeonnam-Gwangju, on the 7th. / Reporter Seo Byeong-ju

Nuri Flight 5, the Korean space launch vehicle, successfully placed its primary payload of five microsatellite constellation units into target orbit, completing its fifth launch mission.

On the 7th, the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) officially announced the success of Nuri's fifth launch during a detailed results briefing.

KARI's initial telemetry data analysis following the conclusion of Nuri's flight confirmed that the rocket reached its target altitude and deployed five microsatellite constellation units along with nine CubeSats into their designated orbits.

Initial contact with the microsatellites has also been established. At around 1:08 p.m. today, ground teams successfully made first contact with Microsatellite 6 via the King Sejong Station in Antarctica. Operations will follow to communicate with Microsatellites 2 through 5, beginning with domestic ground stations in Daejeon and Jeju and subsequently utilizing the Svalbard ground station in Norway.

Oh Tae-seog, head of KASA, stated, "With this launch, Nuri's cumulative launch success rate rose from 75% to 80%, further enhancing the rocket's reliability."

Meanwhile, nine out of the ten secondary CubeSats manifested on the fifth launch were confirmed to have deployed. The CubeSat that failed to eject was "PERSAT," developed by Quaternion; although Nuri transmitted the deployment command normally during the mission, the satellite failed to separate. KARI plans to investigate the cause behind the deployment failure through forthcoming telemetry analysis.

Building on the fifth Nuri launch, the government plans to accelerate the transition toward a private-sector-led launch service framework. Head Oh said, "We are preparing for Nuri's sixth launch with a target set for the second half of next year, and we intend to conduct at least one launch every year through 2032 to further elevate Nuri's reliability and shift toward a private-led commercial launch service ecosystem."

                                                                                                            Seo Byeong-ju