Danuri (KPLO - Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Mission
Danuri (KPLO – Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)
Type: Lunar Exploration
Launch Cost: $52,000,000
Lunar orbiter designed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to demonstrate technologies, survey lunar resources and produce a topographic map.
Trajectory
View the rocket launch trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust and much more at FlightClub.io
Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
853 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5 – SpaceX
Family: Falcon
Length: 70 m
Diameter: 3.65 m
Launch Mass: 549 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 22800 kg
The Falcon 9 Block 5 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2018-05-11. Falcon 9 Block 5 has 114 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 114 launches. 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.
Landing
Falcon 9 booster B1072 has successfully landed on ASDS JRTI after its sixth flight.
Just Read the Instructions – JRTI
First (Marmac 300) and third (Marmac 303) ASDS barge, Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) is currently used to recover Falcon 9 and Heavy boosters in the Altantic Ocean.
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship – ASDS
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.
Agency
SpaceX
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: SpX
Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
Founded: 2002
Launchers: Falcon
Spacecraft: Dragon
Country: USA
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.
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow it will soon be here folks.!
Do we know which direction this is going yet?
The trajectory information will be under the mission section when it is available. Keep checking back.
Find out where the support ships (Kir J Crosby, Bob or Doug, ASOG or JRTI are to get a good idea. KC and JRTI, (marmac 303) are assigned to this mission. . Marinetraffic.com is a way to search for their current position. Unfortunately, you need to pay a subscription to… Read more »
92 degrees due east,
Do we know yet if this is going to be a RTLS?
Probably not, a link to the trajectory will display under the mission section when it is available.
is this date confirmed? a bunch of other sources still say Aug 2nd
The launch date has not been confirmed yet. Check back here for updates.
is the booster landing on the raft?
The landing information will be available on this page when it is available. The booster will most likely be landing on a barge out to sea.
Is the Tesla Mosaic on the rocket and returning to earth or is it on the KPLO? Also, is the KPLO, once done with its one year orbit, returning to earth?
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Great launch as always SpaceX.!