The South Korean government has set SpaceX as a "role model", striving to develop relatively cheap and reliable rockets competitive enough for the commercial launch market.

[14] As a result of this launch, South Korea became the seventh country in the world with the ability to put a satellite with a mass of at least one ton, into orbit.

[4] Nuri is the first projectile developed with independent Korean domestic technology throughout all processes, including design, manufacturing, and testing.

With its final successful launch, South Korea has become the seventh country in the world to have a medium-sized liquid-propellant rocket engine over 75 tons.

There are also plans on making the engine lighter by methods such as removing the pyrotechnic ignitor or limiting its gimbal range.

[23][24] With the 2nd stage engine installed, the two-stage version of TLV could perform as a small satellite launch vehicle.

[citation needed] The TLV was launched from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, on 28 November 2018.

[26] The maiden flight was first delayed from 25 October 2018 for one month, due to abnormal readings detected in the launch vehicle propellant pressurization system.

[34] Instead, it plans to develop a low-cost rocket that miniaturizes the KSLV-2 and is considering launching a military satellite to monitor North Korea.