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Detailed explanation-1: -Nuri is developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). All three stages use indigenously developed launch vehicle engines, making Nuri the first indigenously developed South Korean orbital launch vehicle (the Naro-1 launch vehicle used a Russian-made first stage).

Detailed explanation-2: -South Korea conducted its first successful satellite launch using a domestically developed rocket on Tuesday, officials said, boosting its growing aerospace ambitions and demonstrating it has key technologies needed to launch spy satellites and build larger missiles amid tensions with rival North Korea.

Detailed explanation-3: -On its second launch, South Korea’s Nuri rocket successfully placed a satellite into orbit. The Nuri rocket, the first domestically produced space rocket, lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -South Korean officials said the Nuri rocket has no military purposes. The transfer of space launch technology is strictly restricted under a multilateral export control regime because it has military applications.

Detailed explanation-5: -South Korea’s homegrown Nuri rocket lifts off at the Naro Space Center in Goheung on June 21. South Korea successfully launched satellites into orbit with its homegrown Nuri rocket on Tuesday, a significant step for the country’s burgeoning space program after a failed attempt last year.