SpaceX - Falcon 9 / KPLO (Danuri) Mission patch.
Aug 4, 2022
Falcon 9 carrying KPLO (Danuri) liftoff
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KPLO mission to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 4 August 2022, at 23:08 UTC (19:08 EDT).
Falcon 9 launches KPLO (Danuri) and Falcon 9 first stage landing
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri ( 다누리) is the first lunar probe from the Republic of Korea.
The KPLO unmanned lunar probe is expected to carry out the mission of lunar observation while flying at an altitude of 100km over the Moon.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1052) previously supported two Falcon Heavy missions, Arabsat-6A and STP-2, and launched CSG-2 and two Starlink mission.
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KARI names KPLO as it begins communication testing
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/05/kari-names-kplo-as-it-begins.html
Related links:
SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI): https://www.kari.re.kr/eng.do
Images, Video, Text, Credits: SpaceX/KARI/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Brega.
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