According to news from the Korea Aerospace Agency on the 7th, South Korea's self-developed launch vehicle “World” was successfully launched for the fifth time, and all 15 satellites carrying the rocket were successfully separated. At 12:25 local time on the 7th, the “World” was launched from the Naro Space Center in Heung-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and then 5 Earth observation satellites and 10 cube satellites were launched into scheduled orbits. According to the Korea Aerospace Exploration Agency, South Korea plans to build NEONSAT, an Earth observation satellite constellation composed of 10 satellites. The 5 Earth observation satellites launched this time will complete the constellation networking with the 5 satellites scheduled to be launched next year. The “World” is a three-stage launch vehicle that weighs about 200 tons and can send 1.5-ton satellites to orbit 600 to 800 km from the ground. “World” was first launched in October 2021, but failed to launch the model satellite into the intended orbit. The three launches carried out in 2022, 2023, and 2025, respectively, have successfully launched the carrying satellite into orbit.

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