The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, officially Danuri, is South Korea's first lunar mission. The orbiter, its science payload and its ground control infrastructure are technology demonstrators, and the orbiter is also tasked with surveying lunar resources such as water ice, uranium, helium-3, silicon and aluminium and with producing a topographic map to help select future landing sites. The mission was launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle on August 4, 2022, and was inserted into orbit around the Moon on December 16, 2022. It is part of the Korean Lunar Exploration Program.
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1. Wikipedia: Danuri
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is South Korea's first lunar mission
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launched on 4 August 2022
Operated By: Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Infobox: operator
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
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is South Korea's first lunar mission
Spacecraft Of: Danuri, Lead: mission of the spacecraft (mission-of)
is South Korea's first lunar mission
In Group: Lunar Missions of Japan, Europe and Korea, Lead: kind of mission and sponsor
is South Korea's first lunar mission
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