After launching at 4 p.m. from South Korea's space launch centre on a southern island, the three-stage Nuri rocket placed a working "performance verification" satellite at a target altitude of 700 kilometres (435 miles), according to the Science Ministry.
The satellite sent signals to an unmanned South Korean station in Antarctica on its status. According to ministry officials, it is carrying four smaller satellites that will be launched in the following days for Earth monitoring and other tasks.
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