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SEOUL, Oct. 7 : South Korea's homegrown space rocket, Nuri, successfully blasted off on Wednesday and deployed all 15 onboard satellites into their designated orbits, achieving the most complicated and critical mission in its development history.

The three-stage liquid-fueled rocket, officially known as Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-II, lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time (0325 GMT) from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, about 400 km southwest of the capital Seoul.

The sequence proceeded flawlessly, with the first stage, payload fairing, and second stage separating as planned.

Around 12 minutes and 30 seconds after liftoff, Nuri's third-stage engine shut down to initiate a highly sophisticated sequential satellite deployment at its target altitude of 575 km.

The main mission of Nuri's fifth launch was to safely deliver five New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) microsatellites, which were released one by one at 35-to-40-second intervals.

It represented a major advancement in complexity from the fourth launch, which carried a single primary payload.

Following the primary payloads, 10 smaller academic and commercial CubeSats were released in pairs at 10-second intervals.

Nuri will perform a series of post-mission maneuvers to prevent collisions, before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up.