The Korea Aerospace Research Organization announced that Korea’s first lunar orbiter ‘Danuri’ (KPLO) has sailed a cumulative 5.94 million km in space and started entering lunar orbit early this morning.
135 days have passed since it was launched in the United States on August 5 with the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
However, whether or not the first entry operation was successful will be announced on the 19th by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute after detailed data analysis.
According to the Korea Aerospace Research Organization, Danuri performed the first lunar mission orbital maneuver to enter the lunar mission orbit around 2:45 am today.
Hang Woo-yeon explained that this entry maneuver was a process of reducing the speed so that Danuri could be held stable by the moon’s gravity and orbited without passing the moon.
Danuri’s second entry move will be held on the 21st.
Jongkyun Kim from YTN (chongkim@ytn.co.kr)
※ ‘Your report becomes news’
[카카오톡] Search YTN and add a channel
[전화] 02-398-8585
[메일] social@ytn.co.kr
[저작권자(c) YTN 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
