South Korea's Nuri rocket has flown for the fourth time ever.

The homegrown Nuri lifted off from Naro Space Center today (Nov. 26) at 11:13 a.m. EST (1613 GMT; 0113 on Nov. 27 Korea Standard Time).

The 155-foot-tall (47 meters) rocket carried an Earth-observation satellite called CAS500-3 and a dozen ride-along cubesats to orbit.

If all goes to plan, CAS500-3 ("Compact Advanced Satellite 500 3)" will be deployed into a sun-synchronous orbit 373 miles (600 kilometers) above Earth.

Once it's up and running, the 1,100-pound (500 kilograms) satellite will study our planet's auroras and another atmospheric phenomenon known as airglow. CAS500-3 will also measure magnetic fields and plasma, according to a statement from the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA), which was established in May 2

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