Korea launches first lunar orbiter: South Korea Launches Its First Lunar Orbiter Atop SpaceX Rocket - Daily Maverick

Korea launches first lunar orbiter: South Korea Launches Its First Lunar Orbiter Atop SpaceX Rocket - Daily Maverick
(Bloomberg) -- South Korea launched its first home-developed lunar orbiter Friday, becoming the seventh country to join the already competitive race to send spacecrafts to the moon.
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, lifted off from Floridas Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:07 p.m. local time and successfully separated fro… [+1218 chars] Read More



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