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Oct 21, 2021

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Goheung-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province | Oct. 21, 2021


Korea's first homegrown space rocket Nuri on Oct. 21 is launched from the Naro Space Center in Bongnae-myeon Township of Goheung-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province. A three-stage projectile designed to send a 1.5-ton satellite into a low orbit of 600-800 km above Earth, Nuri is Korea's first space rocket made exclusively with domestic technology and know-how ranging from design and production to testing and launch management. 


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Nuri (KSLV-II) on Oct. 21 flies into the skies above Bongnae-myeon Township in Goheung-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province.



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People on Oct. 21 watch the launch of Nuri in the afternoon at the observatory of Bongnam Lighthouse in Goheung-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province.

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