FOCUS: Nuri rocket's 5th launch signals S. Korea's shift toward integrated space industry

GOHEUNG - The Nuri space rocket's successful deployment of five microsatellites Wednesday marked a key step toward South Korea's first domestic satellite constellation and greater private-sector participation in space development, experts said.On its fifth mission, the 200-ton Nuri deployed five New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) microsatellites as its primary payload after lifting off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, about 400 kilometers south of Seoul.As a secondary mission, the rocket deployed nine CubeSats developed by South Korean re…READ FULL ARTICLE