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CTOnews.com, May 15 (Xinhua)-- according to the Ministry of Science and Information Communication Technology and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, the Korean carrier rocket World will carry out its third launch (the first and second test flights) at the Luo Space Center nine days later. The World carrier rocket has entered the final inspection stage.

Unlike previous experimental launches carrying simulated satellites, this launch will put eight satellites developed by private enterprises for scientific research purposes into orbit, one of which is the next generation small satellite NEXTSat 2 developed by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

In addition, it also includes the 4 kg Earth observation technology demonstration cube JLC-101-v1-2, a 10 kg cosmic radiation monitoring cube satellite Lumir-T1, and a 6 kg Earth observation and weather monitoring cube satellite KSAT3U. There is also a constellation SNIPE consisting of four 6U cube satellites, which can be used to identify the temporal and spatial variations of mesoscale plasma structures in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.

As previously reported by CTOnews.com, South Korea's No. 2 space launch vehicle (KSLV-II) failed to put a virtual satellite into orbit during its first launch on October 21, 2021, but successfully launched a virtual satellite and a performance verification satellite into a low orbit 700km above Earth in its second test launch on June 21, 2022. South Korea has become the seventh country in the world to launch a satellite weighing more than 1 ton using a space rocket independently developed by China.

Lee Sang-ryool, director of the Korean Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said the significance of the third launch is that it is the first time to challenge the actual use of satellites into space.

"for the first and second launches of Nuri rockets, we are focused on developing our own carrier rockets. Based on this success, the third launch will be an enhancement project to improve reliability and stabilize carrier rockets."

"the third launch is significant because it will be our first launch with our own customers. we have been using carrier rockets from other countries, but we will eventually launch Korean customers' satellites with carrier rockets made in South Korea. this is a very important moment and I hope it will be a leap forward in the Korean space industry."

Meanwhile, South Korea is developing the next generation carrier rocket KSLV-3, which is expected to make its debut in 2030. KSLV-3 will be able to deliver up to 10 tons of payloads to low Earth orbit, 7 tons to sunsynchronous orbit, 3.7 tons to geostationary orbit, and 1.8 tons to lunar transfer orbit. It is reported that South Korea plans to launch an independently developed robot lunar lander through KSLV-3 by 2032.

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