Nuri 3 – the third launch of Nuri (누리호 /KSLV-II)

For its third flight, Nuri launched 8 satellites into a Sun-synchronous orbit, from the Naro Space Center, South Korea, on 25 May 2023, at 09:24 UTC (18:24 local time). Nuri (누리호), also known as KSLV-II (Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2) is a three-stage liquid-propellant launch vehicle developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to “directly put a application satellite into a 600-800 km Sun-synchronous orbit”. Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) 누리호 3차 발사 Nuri third launch