The transfer of the Korean launch vehicle Nuri (KSLV-II) to the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do was completed at around 8:30 am today (15th), the Ministry of Science and ICT (Ministry of Science and ICT) announced.
According to this, the Nuriho goes through the preparation process to stand upright in the morning.
Nuri was loaded onto an unmanned special mobile vehicle (transporter) from 7:20 am today, and left the launch vehicle assembly building in the Naro Space Center and moved to the launch pad for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
The distance from the assembly building to the launch pad was very close at 1.8 km, but the transporter carrying the Nuri moved slowly at 1.5 km per hour.
In the afternoon, preparations for launch, such as umbilical connections for charging power and propellant (fuel, oxidizer), etc., to the Nuri, and airtight inspection, a task to determine if there is a possibility of clogging or leakage during the fuel or oxidizer charging process, follow.
According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, it is expected that the launch pad installation will be completed before 7 pm today, unless there is a special abnormality in the process.
The Ministry of Science and ICT will hold the Nuri launch management committee in the morning of tomorrow, the scheduled launch date, to decide whether or not to charge the Nuri with propellant.
In the afternoon, the launch management committee will be held once again to comprehensively review the technical preparation status, weather conditions, and the possibility of colliding with space objects to determine the launch time of the Nuri.
For now, 4pm is the most likely.
(Photo=provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Yonhap News)