Vehicle family profile

KSLV2

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants

Canonical variants linked to this family.

Historical missions

Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.

Peak listed capacity

1,500 kg

Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

Year	Historical missions	Forecast launches
2021	1	0
2022	1	0
2023	1	0
2025	1	0
2026	0	2
2027	0	2
2028	0	2
2029	0	2
2030	0	2
2031	0	2
2032	0	2
2033	0	2
2034	0	2
2035	0	2
2036	0	2
2037	0	2
2038	0	2

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

Variant	Orbit	Capacity	Altitude	Inclination	Source
Nuri	SSO	1,500 kg	700 km	Unknown	KARI Nuri / KSLV-II page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

Mission	Variant	Launch
CAS500-3	Nuri	Nov 26, 2025
NEXTSAT-2 Mission	Nuri	May 25, 2023
PVSAT Mission	Nuri	Jun 21, 2022
Launch 2021-F09

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

Variant	Stages	Missions	Status
Nuri	Not stated	4	Active

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

Year	Location	Launches	Confidence	Basis
2026	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2027	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2028	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2029	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2030	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2031	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2032	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2033	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2034	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2035	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2036	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2037	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2038	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2039	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2040	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default.
2041	Naro Space Center \| LC-2	2	25%	Editable low-confidence KSLV-II/Nuri annual throughput default. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.

Naro Space Center | LC-2

2026 · 25% confidence