On the 28th, South Korean Minister of Science and Information and Communication Technology Lee Jong-ho reported to President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Blue House of the former presidential palace that the "Moon Viewer" successfully entered orbit around the moon.

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[Compilation of Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] South Korea's first self-made lunar orbiter "Moon Appreciation" (Danuri) was launched by the US SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrier rocket in August this year, and successfully entered the scheduled orbit on the 27th. lunar orbit, declaring that South Korea has become the fourth country in Asia capable of exploring the moon.

The "Moon Viewer" will also play the songs of the Korean pop group "BTS" (BTS) over the moon!

"Yonhap News Agency" reported that the "Moon Appreciation" was originally scheduled to change orbit 5 times, but it entered the scheduled orbit on the 27th after only 3 orbit changes, 2 days ahead of the original schedule.

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The "Moon Viewer" began to orbit 100 kilometers above the surface of the moon and launched a one-year exploration activity.

The "Moon Viewer" weighs about 678 kilograms and is about the size of a small car. This mission not only represents South Korea's entry into the country's "first year in space", but also makes South Korea the seventh spaceship in the world and Asia after China, Japan and Japan. After India, the fourth country successfully deployed a lunar probe.

"Moon Appreciation" is equipped with a high-resolution camera, a wide-angle polarization camera, and a gamma-ray spectrometer, which will be used to detect underground resources on the moon. It will also use a polarizer to take pictures of the back of the moon, measure the lunar polar environment, collect geographic data, and search for future potential. Moon landing site.

The mission will also test the "disruption-tolerant network" technology that South Korea's Ministry of Science calls a world-first space network. In addition, it will try to establish a wireless network environment, connect satellites or probe ships, and stream Play the song "Dynamite" by the South Korean pop group "BTS" (BTS) for testing.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yue posted a message on his social networking site, congratulating the "Moon Appreciation" on successfully entering the scheduled lunar orbit, describing it as a historical moment for South Korea to promote its excellent aerospace technology to the world and become one of the world's top seven aerospace powers. South Korea will open it early next year In the era of space economy, he also thanked the researchers who participated in the project.

"Moon Appreciation" weighs about 678 kilograms and is about the size of a small car.

(Extracted from KARI official website)