KOREA POST issued on December 2022 a First Day Cover stamparking the successful launch of the KSLV-II Nuri rocket from Launch Pad 2 at Naro Space Centre on 21 June 2022. This stamp commemorates the occasion. Nuri carried a payload of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) including a 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) dummy satellite payload and a 180 kg (400 lb) performance verification satellite (PVSAT) including four cube satellites. All satellites were placed into a 700 km (430 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). As a result of this launch, South Korea became the seventh country in the world with the ability to put a satellite with a mass of at least one ton, into orbit.
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