Danuri (KPLO)
KARI · launched 2022
Korea’s first lunar orbiter, with NASA’s ShadowCam for the dark craters.
Right now · as of
At the Moon
375,877 km from Earth; a signal takes 1.3 s
149 million km from the Sun, moving at 1.55 km/s relative to Moon
Open in 3DThe flight
August 4, 2022
Launched on Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral SLC-40
November 19, 2022
Arrives at Moon
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Danuri
First South Korean lunar orbiter
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.
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Facts
- What it is
- Orbiter
- Agency
- KARI
- Launched
- August 4, 2022
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-40
- International designator
- 2022-094A