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대한민국 최초 달 탐사선 다누리 발사 생중계

Danuri (KPLO - Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)

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Overview

Destination: Elliptical Orbit
Mission: Lunar Exploration

Elliptical Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1052 - Just Read the Instructions

Lunar orbiter designed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to demonstrate technologies, survey lunar resources and produce a topographic map.

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Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 5, 2022, 12:07 a.m.

Launch success


SwGustav • Aug. 4, 2022, 11:09 p.m.

Liftoff


SwGustav • Aug. 4, 2022, 10:56 p.m.

Coverage live


SwGustav • Aug. 3, 2022, 7:25 p.m.

Setting GO



Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1052

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: April 11, 2019
Last Flight: May 1, 2023
Flights: 8
Landings Attempted: 7
Landings Successful: 7
Previous B1052 Flights

Landing Information

Falcon 9 booster B1072 has successfully landed on ASDS JRTI after its sixth flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 428 Failures: 12 Pending: 113

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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