Nuri's 3rd launch confirmed to be "success" with main satellite entering target orbit
정부 "누리호 3차 발사 성공" 주탑재위성 신호수신 성공 Good Evening. It's 9:00PM here in Seoul. Thank you for joining us on Arirang News. It’s a historic moment in South Korea’s space exploration. Following a 24-hour delay South Korea's homegrown space rocket, the Nuri, this evening blasted off into space for its third launch. This time Nuri was on its first-ever proper mission to put real payloads which is confirmed to be a "success". For more we go over to our Lee Kyung-eun who's been following the developments. Kyung-eun, what do we know about the results? Good evening Ji-young.from Naro Space Center where I can say is the main gate to space. This is where Nuri blasted off at 6:24 PM. This time unlike the previous 1st and 2nd "test flights" --it was carrying real payloads onboard --8 working satellites on an actual mission. And putting them into orbit was what would determine the success of this launch. The key focus was on putting the main satellite --the Next Generation Satellite Two --into its target orbit --where it can always make use of solar energy to operate in generating an image of Earth. And of 7:50 PM it has been confirmed that the launch was indeed a success. The Next Generation Small Satellite Two and 6 cube satellites have been confirmed to be successfully separated. But one --among the four SNIPE cube satellites --needs a bit more time to be confirmed." The officials added that it may have actually separated successfully but just may not have been captured, possibly by being in a blindspot. It is unclear when the officials will be able to find out the results. But they've made clear that they can declare a success regardless of the separation status of the cube satellites because the ultimate goal of this launch was the successful transportation of the NextSat-2. And that main satellite is also confirmed to be successfully communicating with the ground. It's a milestone achievement for the nation's space development but there were hiccups along the way. That's right. It was NOT all easy. The third launch came after 24 hours of delay as Wednesday's initial launch was called off just three hours to go. It was due to a technical glitch found in the software that controls the helium valve as it was unable to receive signals from the control tower. But this was all sorted as of 5 AM, and Nuri was given the OK. "The Ministry of Science and ICT has decided to go ahead with the launching procedures with the aim of a 6:24 PM lift-off time after assessing everything that needs to be taken into consideration." This second attempt was made in a rather swift manner compared to the second launch which was delayed twice because it was a software issue, not hardware. So, Nuri did not have to be transported back to the assembly center as the problem was fixed while Nuri remained in position. With this, now South Korea takes a step further to building more reliability and confidence in space launch vehicles and providing commercial services tailored for satellites. Back to you, Ji-young. Thank you Kyung-eun. That was our Lee Kyung-eun live from the Naro Space Center. #SouthKorea #Space_industry #Nuri #Space_rocket #Technology #Korea_Aero_space_Research_Institute #한국_항공_우주_연구원 #우주기술 #우주로켓 #우주산업 #누리호 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : / arirangtvnews 📣 Twitter : / arirangtvnews 📣 Homepage : https://v2.arirang.com/ 📣 News Center(YouTube) : / newscenter_arirangtv 2023-05-25, 21:00 (KST)
