Researchers work on coupling the first and second stages of Nuri with the third stage at the Launch Vehicle Assembly Building of the Naro Space Center of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, on the 29th. 2026.9.30. Courtesy of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute
LG will load components on the fifth launch of Nuri, scheduled for the 7th, to conduct technology verification. This is the first time that LG affiliates will jointly conduct space verification.
LG Science Park announced on the 6th that it will mount five types of components from LG affiliates on a CubeSat prepared jointly with “Muin Exploration Lab,” a startup developing lunar exploration rovers. If Nuri successfully enters orbit, the CubeSat will sequentially carry out operational tests of each component for about 60 days at an altitude of 570 km. The LG products to be loaded include △ camera modules from LG Innotek △ battery packs from LG Energy Solution △ a power module, attitude control actuator, and satellite communication antenna from LG Electronics.
Space is an environment where cryogenic temperatures, vacuum, and radiation coexist, so operating conditions for components differ greatly from those on the ground. Through this verification, LG Science Park plans to confirm whether each component operates normally in the actual space environment, and to use the data obtained during operation to further refine and advance the technologies going forward.
Park Hyun-ik
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