SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea launched its largest satellite yet on its nationally developed space rocket early Thursday, the fourth of six planned launches through 2027.
The three-stage Nuri rocket lifted off from the country’s spaceport on an island off the southwestern coastal county of Goheung. Aerospace officials said the rocket placed a 516-kilogram science satellite and 12 microsatellites into a target orbit about 600 kilometers above Earth. The Korea Aerospace Administration was expected to verify in the coming hours whether the…

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