Nine cube satellites launched into space aboard the Nuri rocket have successfully established communication.
On October 13, the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that all nine auxiliary satellites carried by the Nuri rocket have successfully communicated.
SpaceLink's B-1012 achieved two-way communication during its first attempt around 2 p.m. on October 7. The Ulysses satellite from the unmanned exploration research institute, Space & Bean's SD1 satellite, and Chosun University's space optical communication orbit verification also succeeded in two-way communication around the same time.
KARI's domestically developed component and part space verification platform No. 2 completed its satellite body check with two-way communication around 2:30 p.m. on the same day.
Daejeon City's DaejeonSat-1 successfully communicated around 11 p.m. on October 8, confirming the satellite's normal status.
CosmoWorks' Jack-007 achieved data reception around 2 p.m. on October 7, while KAIST's G-Bisat received data around 11 p.m. on the same day. O&V Space's Sledge confirmed successful data reception on October 9, verifying that solar panels and antennas were deployed normally.
O Tae-seok, head of KASA, stated, "In this fifth launch of the Nuri rocket, we successfully communicated with the cube satellites in a much shorter time compared to the fourth launch. We will continue to enhance our capabilities for space transport missions in the future."
Meanwhile, the Nuri rocket, carrying a total of 15 satellites, was launched into space on October 7. Among them, the auxiliary satellite 'Persat,' developed by Quaternion, was not deployed.
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