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Danuri

Also known as KPLO, KoreaPathfinderLunarOrbiter

Korea Aerospace Research Institute · Launched

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South Korea's first mission beyond Earth orbit, a lunar polar orbiter also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries
South Korea
Mission types
Orbiter

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Danuri launched on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral

  2. Orbit insertion

    Danuri was captured into an elliptical lunar orbit

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Danuri · Orbiter

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: August 4, 2022 to January 7, 2023

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Danuri: Reconstructed · August 4, 2022 to January 7, 2023

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through August 27, 2026