Nuri moves to the launch pad a day before the 5th launch... Hanwha Aerospace Production Supervision

Departure from assembly building at 6:10 a.m.… Move it 1.8km and stand it facing the sky.

Umbilical cable connection/tightness inspection… 5th space flight on the 7th

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seung-han = The Korean launch vehicle Nuri leaves the assembly building and heads to the launch pad on the 6th, a day before the 5th launch.

Nuri is scheduled to move to the launch pad this morning, stand up, undergo final preparations, including inspections for fuel and oxidizer charging, and head to space during the day on the 7th.

This 5th launch is the second launch in which Hanwha Aerospace is in charge of production, following the 4th, and has the meaning of securing reliability through repeated launches of Nuri and accelerating the transition to private sector-led launch vehicle development.

◇ Launch pad moves at 6:10 a.m.… After standing up, inspect the fuel system, etc.

According to the Aerospace Administration and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Nuri will leave the assembly building at the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do at 6:10 a.m. and move to the launch pad.

Nuri is loaded onto an unmanned special mobile vehicle (transporter) and moves slowly at 1.5 km per hour, moving 1.8 km to the launch pad.

It takes about an hour to reach the launch pad, and it stands up facing the sky at 10:10 a.m.

Afterwards, the umbilical cable will be connected to supply power to Nuri and charge fuel and oxidizer, and an airtight inspection will be conducted to ensure that the propellant is not leaking.

Unless there are any special problems, the work is expected to be completed around 6:45 PM.

As with the previous 4th launch, the Launch Management Committee, which decides the launch time, will meet at 8 am on the 7th, approximately 4 hours before launch.

The scheduled launch time is around 12:25 p.m. on the 7th, and is not expected to change much.

◇ Hanwha Aero is in charge of production… Accelerating private sector-led transition

This launch is the second launch under the Korean Launch Vehicle Enhancement Project, and is a launch that goes beyond the verification of Nuri and accelerates the private sector-led transition.

Unlike the 1st to 3rd launches, where the Korea Aerospace Research Institute supervised the production, Hanwha Aerospace, the system general company, supervised the production following the 4th launch.