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July 26th, 2022
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, KPLO, is set for a one-year agenda of research.
Credit: Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
The first lunar mission of the Korean Aerospace Research Institute is slated for an upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 boost.
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, KPLO for short, is viewed as the first step of the country’s deep space agenda that includes a future first robotic landing onto the moon by 2030, as well as a sample collecting asteroid mission.
In May of this year, the KPLO was officially named “Danuri” – a blend of two Korean words for moon and “nurida” that means enjoy.
Go to my new Space.com story – “South Korea is ready to launch its 1st moon mission – The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter will lift off on Aug. 2” – at:
https://www.space.com/south-korea-first-moon-mission-launch-one-week
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