South Korea's domestically developed KSLV-2 "Nuri" rocket Six payloads successfully placed in low earth orbit After taking off from Naro Space Center on Tuesday at 4 pm KST. it is like a first attempt in october Which failed to reach orbit after the booster's third stage engine stopped prematurely. The flight followed an initial trajectory over the East China Sea, after which the upper stage headed for the Philippine Sea, finally placing the payload in the desired orbital inclination of 98°. This less than ideal path wasted energy, but ensured that the first and second stages fell into the ocean, not people. Success was confirmed soon after launch as the vehicle passed over South Korea's King Sejong Station in Antarctica.
The payload on this test flight was primarily a mass simulator of 1.3 metric tons, but a small Performance Verification Satellite (PVSAT) was included, for a total of 1.5 metric tons. The PVSat itself monitors the performance of the vehicle, but also serves as a carrier for the four CubeSats. These were developed by engineering teams at various local universities and will be deployed in the coming days.
If you want to track these, the launch is given COSPAR ID 2022-065 and the first three objects (3rd stage, dummy mass, and PVSAT) are given NORAD catalog numbers. 52894, 52895And 52896, It is too early to tell which is which at this point, but as more data is collected about their respective classes, it should be possible to tell them apart. The next four catalog numbers, 52897 - 52900, have been reserved for CubeSats after release.
With this launch, South Korea has become the 10th country to put a payload into space using its domestic technology, and the 7th country to lift a payload of more than a ton into orbit – the ranks of the United States, Russia, Japan. has joined. China, France and India.
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