 A rendered image of KPLO | |
| Names | KPLO |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Lunar orbiter |
| Operator | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) |
| COSPAR ID | 2022-094A |
| SATCAT no. | 53365 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | 777 days, 11 hours and 17 minutes (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) |
| Launch mass | 678 kg (1,495 lb)[1][2] |
| Dry mass | c. 550 kg (1,210 lb) [3] |
| Payload mass | 40 kg (88 lb) |
| Power | 760 watts[4] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 4 August 2022, 23:08:48 UTC[5] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral (CCSFS), SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Moon orbiter | |
| Orbital insertion | 17 December 2022 KST (1st) 28 December 2022 KST (5th)[6] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Periselene altitude | 100 km[6] |
| Aposelene altitude | 100 km |
| Inclination | 90° (polar) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | S-band, X-band[4][7] |
| Instruments | |
| Lunar Terrain Imager (LUTI) Wide-Angle Polarimetric Camera (PolCam) KPLO Magnetometer (KMAG) KPLO Gamma Ray Spectrometer (KGRS) Delay-Tolerant Networking experiment (DTNPL) ShadowCam (NASA) | |
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), officially Danuri,[8] is South Korea's first lunar orbiter. 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.[5] It was inserted into orbit around the Moon on 16 December 2022 (UTC).[9]
- ^ Kang, Il-yong (17 May 2022). "[K-스페이스 시대] ② 한국 최초 달 탐사선 오는 8월 발사...7번째 달 탐사국 이름 올린다" [[K-Space Era] ② Korea's first lunar probe to be launched in August... 7th lunar probe to be named]. Aju Business Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Clark, Stephen (20 September 2019). "Launch of South Korean lunar orbiter delayed to 2022". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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G-ray 2018was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO)". NASA. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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- ^ a b S.Korean Spaceflight [@KOR_Spaceflight] (28 July 2022). "Danuri(KPLO) launch now scheduled for August 5th 08:08 KST, according to MSIT/KARI" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "다누리, 달 임무궤도 진입 시작" [Danuri begins entering lunar mission orbit]. Ministry of Science and ICT. 15 December 2022.
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Update 2017was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kan, Hyeong-woo (23 May 2022). "Korea's first lunar mission named 'Danuri'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "South Korea's 1st moon probe Danuri begins to enter lunar orbit". Space.com. 17 December 2022.
