South Korea’s 1st homegrown space rocket reaches space but fails to orbit dummy payload
Source: SpaceNews
Date Published: 10/21/2021
“The flight of Nuri was completed. I’m very proud of this. Regrettably, it didn’t reach the goal it aimed at,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced at Naro Space Center, where the three-stage KSLV-2 rocket, also known as Nuri, lifted off Oct. 21 carrying a 1.5-ton dummy payload.
