누리호 5차 발사 10월 7일 예정…역대 가장 많은 위성 15기 탑재
Korea's Nuri Rocket Set for Its Fifth Launch on 7 October, Carrying a Record 15 Satellites
Part of the September 20, 2026 daily edition
한국형발사체 누리호가 10월 7일 5차 발사를 할 예정입니다. 이번에는 역대 가장 많은 15기의 위성을 싣습니다. 주탑재위성인 초소형군집위성 ‘네온샛’ 5기와 큐브위성 10기입니다. 네온샛은 한 기 무게가 100kg이 안 되는 작은 위성으로, 흑백 1m급·컬러 4m급 카메라로 찍은 영상을 국가안보와 산불·홍수 같은 재난 대응에 씁니다. 위성들은 9월 14일 누리호 상단에 실렸고, 발사체 조립은 9월 말에 끝날 예정입니다. 발사 시각은 발사 당일에 최종 확정됩니다.
Translation
Korea's own launch vehicle, Nuri (누리호), is scheduled to make its fifth launch on 7 October. This time it will carry 15 satellites, the most ever. They are five small constellation satellites called 네온샛, the main payload, and ten cubesats. Each 네온샛 weighs under 100 kg, and the images from its cameras — 1-metre resolution in black and white and 4-metre in colour — will be used for national security and for responding to disasters such as wildfires and floods. The satellites were mounted on the upper stage of Nuri on 14 September, and assembly of the rocket is due to be completed at the end of September. The launch time will be fixed on the day of the launch.
Vocabulary
- 발사명사 (noun)a launch
- 위성명사 (noun)a satellite
- 싣다동사 (verb)to load, to carry (on board)
- 무게명사 (noun)weight
- 산불명사 (noun)a wildfire, a forest fire
- 홍수명사 (noun)a flood
- 조립명사 (noun)assembly
- 확정되다동사 (verb)to be finalised, to be fixed
Grammar points
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다to be scheduled to ..., to plan to ...
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다 states a plan or schedule: 발사를 할 예정이다, is scheduled to launch. It says nothing about whether the plan will hold, so it is the honest form for a date that may still move.
Example: 한국형발사체 누리호가 10월 7일 5차 발사를 할 예정입니다.
Korea's launch vehicle Nuri is scheduled to make its fifth launch on 7 October.
N이/가 안 되다to be less than N, not to reach N
With an amount, 안 되다 means 'does not reach': 100kg이 안 되다, is under 100 kg. It is the everyday way to say 'less than' without the formal 미만.
Example: 네온샛은 한 기 무게가 100kg이 안 되는 작은 위성으로, 흑백 1m급·컬러 4m급 카메라로 찍은 영상을 국가안보와 산불·홍수 같은 재난 대응에 씁니다.
Each 네온샛 is a small satellite weighing under 100 kg, and the images from its 1-metre black-and-white and 4-metre colour cameras are used for national security and for responding to disasters such as wildfires and floods.
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