South Korea’s first lunar exploration vessel “Tanuri” starts moving … Launched in the United States in August | Joongang Ilbo | JoongAng Ilbo

Korea’s first lunar exploration vessel “Tanuri” will be transported to the United States for launch on the 5th.

The Ministry of Science and ICT revealed that the Tanuri has left Daejeon Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) and is moving to Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, USA this morning. ..

The “Tanuri” is transported to Incheon Airport in a special container that maintains a constant temperature, humidity, and positive pressure (pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure) and absorbs shock, and then is transported by airmail to Orlando, USA. Moved to the airport. The Tanuri will then travel ashore and arrive at Cape Canaveral, Florida on the 7th.

The “Tanuri” will undergo a one-month condition check, fuel injection, rocket coupling, and other launch preparation processes, and then at 8:24 am on August 3 (7:24 pm on August 2, local time). It will be launched by SpaceX’s rocket “Falcon 9”.

For about 4.5 months after the launch, it will navigate the “Lunar Transfer” (BLT) orbit and will enter the lunar orbit around December. The BLT trajectory has a longer travel distance than other tracks, but it has the advantage of being able to significantly reduce fuel because it travels by utilizing the gravity of the earth and the sun.

The “Tanuri” will search for a candidate site for landing on the moon while revolving 100 km above the moon 12 times a day for one year after entering orbit, and will carry out scientific research such as magnetic field and gamma ray measurement, and scientific missions such as space internet technology verification. To carry out.

Kwon Hyung-joon, a giant public research policy officer of the Ministry of Science and ICT, attended the “Tanuri” delivery ceremony and said, “I will do my best to be a meaningful first step toward the moon.” Said.