South Korean Nuri rocket launched 15 satellites into orbit

South Korea's Nuri space rocket successfully reached its target altitude of 575 kilometers.

The rocket launched five ultra-small satellites and 10 cubesats into orbit.

The satellites were successfully launched into orbit between 12:41 and 12:42 local time.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. South Korea's Nuri space rocket successfully reached a target altitude of 575 kilometers and launched five midget satellites and 10 cubesats into orbit, broadcast by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

The rocket launched on Wednesday at 12.25 local time (6.25 Moscow time) from the Naro Cosmodrome in the south of the Korean Peninsula.

The first stage separated approximately two minutes after launch. At the fourth minute and 30 seconds, the second stage separated and the third stage engine turned on.

After 12 minutes 30 seconds, the rocket was able to reach the target altitude of 575 kilometers and began to gradually separate the satellites.

First, Neonsat's ultra-small satellites, designed for disaster monitoring and national security purposes, began to separate at intervals averaging 35 to 40 seconds. All five ultra-small satellites were successfully launched at 12.41 local time (6.41 Moscow time).

Then, with an interval of 10 seconds, each cubesat began to separate. All 10 cubesats separated at 12.42 local time (6.42 Moscow time).

Once all satellites have been deployed, Nuri is expected to perform an avoidance maneuver, dump its remaining fuel, re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.

The previous, fourth launch of the South Korean Nuri launch vehicle took place on November 26, 2025. It launched into orbit the main satellite CAS500-3, designed for space scientific research, and 12 more cubesats.