South Korea's second space rocket launch successfully puts satellites in orbit

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on the KSLV-II NURI rocket launching from its launch pad of the Naro Space Centre, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct 21, 2021.SEOUL - South Korea's second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri rocket successfully placed several satellites in orbit on Tuesday , officials said, taking a major step in efforts to jumpstart its space programme after a first test failed last year.

"The sky of the Korean universe is now wide open," Science and ICT Minister Lee Jong-ho told a briefing. "Our science and technology has made great strides." President Yoon Suk-yeol watched the launch from his office and thanked everyone involved as he was briefed by Lee and others about the success, vowing to keep an election pledge to create a new agency to take charge of space affairs, according to a statement by his office."Now the road to space from our land has been opened," Yoon said. "It was the product of 30 years of daunting challenges. From now on, the dreams and hopes of our people and our youth will extend into space.

KARI has said it plans at least four more test launches by 2027. Nuri is key to South Korean plans to eventually build a Korean satellite-based navigation system and a 6G communications network. The country also plans to launch a range of military satellites, but officials deny the Nuri has any use as a weapon.

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