China News Service, November 28. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 28th, South Korea's test launch of the launch vehicle on the 28th verified the stable combustion performance of the Nuri rocket engine .
On the afternoon of November 28, at the Luolao Space Center, the Nuri test rocket was launched. (Picture source: Yonhap News Agency/Joint Interview Group)
According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Communications, the burning time of the test rocket that was launched at Jeollanam-do Naro Space Center in Gaoke County at 3:59:58 pm that day It reached 151 seconds, 11 seconds longer than the target value of 140 seconds, and the thrust performance of the liquid engine was normal. The test rocket flew for more than 10 minutes, and the highest point of its flight trajectory was 209 kilometers above the ground. The
test was used to verify the performance of the 75-ton second-stage rocket engine of the Nuri three-stage launch vehicle independently developed by South Korea. The test rocket is 25.8 meters long, has a maximum diameter of 2.6 meters, and weighs 52.1 tons. The
test was originally planned to be conducted on the 25th, but it has been postponed until now due to an abnormality in the propellant pressurization system.