Nuri

Defense satellite.

Korea plans to use its homegrown NURI rocket to launch a defense satellite for the first time.

Korea Aerospace Administration Chief Oh Tae-sung says the government aims to use NURI for at least one public or defense satellite launch each year through 2032.

So ambitious plans.

Let's see what the details are.

Adidang-8 will use a multi-static radar system with separate platforms transmitting and receiving signals.

Earlier missions include additional microsatellites next year, next generation medium satellite the year after, and a lunar communications satellite in 2029.

In 2030, NURI is scheduled for two launches carrying low orbit communications satellites and a small lunar lander.

Our third story takes us to South Korea.

This week, the country's Nuri rocket launched 15 satellites toward low Earth orbit.

14 were successfully deployed as planned.

Several belong to an Earth observation system designed to monitor the Korean peninsula and help with things such as disaster response, And this gives us a useful way of thinking about satellite constellations.

My apologies.

Like I said, Korea's Nuri rocket has successfully completed its, uh, fifth launch, placing five microsatellites into their target orbit.

Um, of course, there is also a growing emphasis on reliance on private sector for space, which we'll get to in our second related key word.

Let's begin here, the successful launch.

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Let's certainly do, yes.

It marks Nuri's fourth consecutive successful launch since its first attempt actually failed in 2021, raising its overall success rate to 80%.

It was also the first time Korea placed five microsatellites into space in a single launch.

From Seoul, Korea, KBS World Radio News Today starts right now.

On today's broadcast, South Korea successfully launches its homegrown Nuri rocket from the NATO Space Center for the fifth time.

An appeals court overturns a lower court ruling and acquits ex-president Yoon Sung-yeol of accepting an illegal political donation in connection with free public opinion polls.

And South Korea plans to conduct a joint investigation with the U.N. command regarding North Korea's border fortification work and inform Pyongyang that it is violating the armistice agreement.

This is KBS World Radio News.

I'm Aileen Cahill.

South Korea has successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket for the fifth time from the NATO Space Center.

The rocket deployed five microsatellites for the country's first domestically launched Earth observation constellation.

A specialized police team launches a full-scale investigation into recent cyberattacks targeting local commercial banks.

And South Korea's first domestically developed space rocket, Nuri, arrives at the Naro Space Center launch pad ahead of its fifth launch.

This is KBS World Radio News.

I'm Daniel Choi.

President 이재명 has instructed relevant government agencies to promptly determine the cause and scope of the hacking incidents and to concentrate personnel and resources on minimizing damage.

Rosene Park, KBS World Radio News.

South Korea's first domestically developed space rocket, Nuri, has arrived at the launch pad of the Naro Space Center in the southwestern county of 고흥 ahead of its fifth launch.

The Korea Aerospace Administration and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that Nuri had departed from its assembly facility at six AM Tuesday and reached the launch pad by seven-thirty AM.

All right, with that, we turn our attention to the third keyword this morning, South Korea's space ambitions.

Nuri rocket.

So Korea's fifth Nuri rocket launch is entering its final stages with liftoff scheduled for around 12.23 p.m. on Wednesday.

It is specific for a reason subject to change depending on, well, weather.

Tell us the details.

Fuel, oxidizer, avionics and tracking systems will then be inspected before launch operations begin.

Fueling procedures will start about four hours before liftoff, followed by automatic launch operations 10 minutes before launch.

If all systems remain normal, the launch window will run from 12.23pm to 1.23pm. Nuri will separate its first stage about two minutes after liftoff, followed by the payload pair fairing and second stage.