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> SOUTH KOREA’S LAUNCH VEHICLES
> With a launch mass of about 200 tons, the Nuri is “quite big” relative to North Korean designs, said Markus Schiller, a Europe-based missile expert.
>South Korean officials say the Nuri is designed to put 1.5-tonne payloads into low earth orbit at an altitude of 600 to 800 km (370 to 500 miles).
> South Korea has put several satellites in orbit using foreign launchers. The military paid Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its first communications satellite in 2020, for example, and the U.S. company will launch five South Korean spy satellites beginning this year.