launched from South Korea

Nuri maiden flight

Failure
OCT 21202108:00:00 UTC

Nuri (also called KSLV-II), South Korea's first domestically developed orbital rocket, reached its 700 km target altitude, but its third stage shut down 46 seconds early and the 1.5-tonne dummy payload fell short of orbital velocity.

The cause was a helium tank that came off its mounting inside the third stage's oxidizer tank, damaged it and leaked helium and oxidizer; the mounting was reinforced before the next flight.

launched from LC-2 Naro

aboard Nuri into LEO

Broadcast

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Payload

Dummy payload

Mass simulator

last updated Oct 21, 2026