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Mike Wall

South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket launches 8 satellites on 3rd-ever mission (photo)

White rocket rising off the launch pad with a green launch tower and gray sky in the background.

The third flight of South Korea's Nuri rocket is in the books.

Nuri, the nation's first fully homegrown launch vehicle, lifted off from Naro Space Center on South Korea's south coast Thursday (May 25) at 5:24 a.m. EDT (0924 GMT), carrying eight small satellites skyward.

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