South Korea’s first homegrown rocket fails to deploy payload

South Korea’s first domestically built rocket reached its designated altitude but the dummy payload it was carrying could not be deployed into orbit, Naro Space Center said. The third-stage engine shut down 46 seconds early and therefore could not release the 1500-kg payload at orbital speed.

Nuri lifted off an hour later than planned as the 47.2-m rocket’s valves had to be examined.