South Korea launches first lunar probe to test space internet
- August 5, 2022
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South Korea launched its first lunar orbiter on Friday and plans to place an automatic station on the moon by 2030. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference
South Korea launched its first lunar orbiter on Friday and plans to place an automatic station on the moon by 2030.
This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Reuters.
The Korea Pathfinder lunar orbiter was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the US Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch was originally scheduled for last Wednesday, but was delayed due to an unclear maintenance issue with the SpaceX rocket.
If the launch is successful, it will be the seventh lunar probe in the world and the fourth in Asia, after South Korea, China, Japan and India.
South Korea aims to join nine countries working on the Artemis project, which aims to send a probe to the moon by 2030 and return to the moon by 2024.
The 678-kilogram rover will enter lunar orbit in December before embarking on a one-year observation mission, including searching for a landing site and testing space-based internet technology.
Source: Ukrinform
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