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2022-08-04 · 4 years ago

Danuri — launch

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The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), officially Danuri, is South Korea's first lunar mission. The orbiter, its science payload and ground control infrastructure are technology demonstrators. The orbiter will also be tasked with surveying lunar resources such as water ice, uranium, helium-3, silicon, and aluminium, and produce a topographic map to help select future lunar landing sites. The mission was launched on 4 August 2022 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle. It was inserted into orbit around the Moon on 16 December 2022 (UTC). On 23 May 2022, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT officially named the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (시험용 달 궤도선, 試驗用月軌道船) as "Danuri" (다누리).

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Pathfinder_Lunar_Orbiter. Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#2022. Description adapted from Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Category
Launches and Flight Tests
Type
Orbital launch
Subjects
Space transportation
Mission
Danuri
Organization
SpaceX
Vehicle
Falcon 9
Location
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
Country
US
Outcome
Successful

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