The Korea AeroSpace Administration arranged a venue to share the mission status and technological achievements of the secondary payload satellites carried on the fourth launch of Nuri.
The Korea AeroSpace Administration said on the 26th that it held the "Nuri fourth launch secondary payload satellite technology exchange meeting" at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. The event was held to review the mission results of the 12 secondary payload satellites aboard the fourth launch of Nuri in Nov. last year and to share the experience accumulated during development and operations.
At the exchange meeting, each satellite operating agency presented the current operational status and key achievements. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)'s domestically produced component space verification satellite No. 1 said communications with the satellite are proceeding smoothly. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)'s ETRI-SAT is conducting technology verification for Internet of Things (IoT) services and said it is currently proceeding with the process of taking over satellite operations from an overseas consigned operator.
Space LiinTech's "Bicheon," which conducts experiments to create protein crystals in the space environment, said the temperature control system and other functions are operating normally and that preparations are underway for full-fledged mission execution.
Cosmo Works' Jack No. 3 and No. 4, and HANCOM InSpace's Sejong No. 4 presented photos of Earth, reporting normal satellite operations. Inha University's Inha-roSAT presented its experience in building a ground station for CubeSats, and Seoul National University's SNU-GLITE-3 said the attitude control systems of the twin CubeSats "Hana" and "Duri" are operating normally. Based on this, they plan to proceed with satellite separation and rendezvous.
Park Jae-seong, head of the space transportation division at the Korea AeroSpace Administration, said, "The experience and know-how accumulated during the development and operation of CubeSats are an important asset that enhances Korea's space technology competitiveness," and added, "We will continue to provide transportation opportunities so that the achievements of research and development confirmed through this technology exchange meeting can lead to improvements in domestic CubeSat and small satellite technologies."