Korean Lunar Orbiter Danuri successfully conducts the Lunar Orbit Insertion maneuver
he Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI, President: Lee Sang-Ryool) announced that the first Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was conducted successfully
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2022-12-19
Danuri Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit
Danuri, Korea's first lunar orbiter, was successfully placed in lunar orbit at 6:00 p.m.
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2022-12-28
Marking the 1st anniversary of the successful launch of Danuri, the Republic of Korea takes the first step into the future of space exploration!
After 145 days of Earth-Moon transit, it successfully entered lunar orbit on December 27th, 2022, to carry out lunar mission.
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2023-08-08
After launch, KPLO was separated from the launch vehicle after entering the Transfer Orbit, an elliptical orbit.
tracking and information reception of space launch vehicles launched from the Naro Space Center.
The orbiter contains 5 payloads developed by Korean universities and research institutes including KARI and 1 payload from NASA.
Only six countries—including the U.S., the former USSR, Japan, Europe, China, and India—have successfully deployed lunar orbiters.