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NeonSat-⁠2 to 6

NuriNaro Space Center, South Korea

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Mission

Nuri launched NeonSat-⁠2 to 6 from LC-⁠2 at Naro Space Center, South Korea.

Before the flight

NeonSat-⁠2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government’s Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula.

10 ride-sharing small satellites from various Korean institutes and organizations will also fly on this launch:

  • SLEDGE
  • GBSAT
  • PERSAT02
  • UEL-⁠Y-⁠Sys
  • SD-⁠1 SAT
  • E3_TESTER-⁠KARI-⁠2
  • DaejonSat-⁠1
  • BEE-⁠1012
  • JACK-⁠007
  • CPSat
Launched
12:25 UTC+9 at the pad
Rocket
KSLV-⁠2 NuriKARI
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch site
LC-⁠2, Naro Space Center, South Korea1st launch from this pad in 2026314 days after the last

1st

KARI launch of 2026

Flight

From liftoff to orbit

  1. LC-2
  2. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  3. Stage separationT+00:02:03
  4. FairingT+00:03:53
  5. Payload deployT+00:13:30
  1. LC-2
  2. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  3. Stage separationT+00:02:03
  4. Payload deployT+00:13:30
  1. LC-2
  2. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  3. Stage separationT+00:02:03
  4. FairingT+00:03:53
  5. Payload deployT+00:13:30
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  1. T plus 0 secondsLiftoff
  2. T plus 2 minutes 3 secondsStage 2 Separation
  3. T plus 3 minutes 53 secondsFairing Separation, Upper stage
  4. T plus 4 minutes 28 secondsStage 3 Separation
  5. T plus 12 minutes 41 secondsStage 3 Cutoff
  6. T plus 13 minutes 30 secondsPayload Deployment Sequence Start
  7. T plus 17 minutes 15 secondsPayload Deployment Sequence End

KSLV-2 Nuri

KARI5 launches since October 2021, 4 successful

47.2m

Height

3.5m

Diameter

200t

Mass at liftoff

2.6MN

Thrust at liftoff

2.6t

Payload to low Earth orbit

About KSLV-2 Nuri

Nuri, also known as KSLV-⁠II, is South Korea’s second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-⁠1.

Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path

In orbit now

The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-⁠29, Crew-⁠13In Earth’s shadow429km27,562km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In sunlight386km27,650km/h
HubbleIn sunlight476km27,462km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 33 h old.

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