South Korea prepares to launch first locally built rocket

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The space programme will support government projects and commercial activity

South Korean flags at the International Horticulture Goyang Korea exhibition. Picture: BLOOMBERG/SEONG-JOON CHOSouth Korea plans to test its first domestically produced space launch vehicle next week, a major step towards jump-starting the country’s space programme and achieving ambitious goals in 6G networks, spy satellites, and even lunar probes.

“Having its own launch vehicle gives a country the flexibility of payload types and launch schedule,” he told Reuters in an email.It also gives the country more control over “confidential payloads” it may want to send into orbit, Han said. Nuri is also key to South Korean plans to eventually build a Korean satellite-based navigation system and a 6G communications network.

At least four test launches are planned before the rocket will be considered reliable enough to carry a real payload.

 

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