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Although we did not achieve complete success in the first launch, our space exploration challenge continues based on our hearts and minds who prayed for success while watching the launch site yesterday (21st). This time, it went into space with a satellite model, but in May of next year, it will launch a second challenge with a real satellite.



Correspondent Han So-hee.



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Citizens gathered at the Space Launch Observatory and the beach to watch the launch of the Nuri-ho, and embraced each other, exclaiming the resentment they had endured at the moment of launch.



However, when the unexpected failure results were announced, some citizens were not able to leave their seats with regret.



[Kim Seong-hoon/Changwon-si, Gyeongnam: Rather than saying it was a failure, it was so cool and really cool. It was impressive. It doesn't seem like a failure to me, but a great success... .] In



order to acquire a projectile technology called trial and error technology, it is ultimately necessary to verify its performance through repeated firing attempts.



That's why it's important to push ahead with more planned scenarios.



First of all, the second launch of Nuri in May next year will proceed as scheduled.



The content is also more advanced than the first launch.



Instead of a satellite model modeled after a 1.5t satellite, the plan is to load a 200kg real satellite for performance verification.



In addition, for the ambitious goal of lunar exploration in 2030, we plan to carry out six Nuri launches as scheduled by 2027.



[President Moon Jae-in: We will launch the Nuri five more times by 2027.

In May of next year, the Nuri-ho's function will be checked once again through the second launch equipped with a performance verification satellite.] From



next-generation small and medium-sized satellites to eleven swarm satellites, the satellites currently under development are placed in the Nuri-ho and headed for space. do.



The government plans to launch more than 100 satellites in the public sector over the next 10 years, ushering in an era of the space industry.