DART[Double Asteroid Redirection Test]

 DART[Double Asteroid Redirection Test]

By Ramesh S Krishna
Blog no: 17

Introduction:

DART[Double Asteroid Redirection Test], is a mission directed by NASA to test the new technology to save earth. But, this mission is not about observing earth or LEO junks.. Its about smashing a probe into a NEO[NEAR EARTH OBJECT]. A asteroid system called Didymos[main object] & Dimorphos[moon], is the space where DART is going.

Mission details:

Launch time: 22.21 PST
Launch date: November 23rd
Launch Location: Vandenburg air force station
Probe's destination: Dimorphos
Rocket:Falcon 9. Block-5.B1063-3.182 day turn around time
Where is the booster landing?: Of course I still love you droneship.
Payload mass:684Kg[1100 lb]
This mission is :  
129th Falcon 9 launch
 70th Falcon 9 flight with a flight proven booster
 74th re-flight of a booster
One of the 1st mission of its kind
95th booster landing
26th launch for spacex.[The no. reached in 2020]
 This spacecraft also has a companion. It is built by Italian space agency. The imaging satellite is called: LICIACube


Asteroid details:

Image by :Arecibo observatory in 2003]radar images]   


65803 Didymos, is a asteroid having a diameter of less that 1KM. It is just 52.7 Kgs in mass & orbits sun every 770 days. It also has a moon called Dimorphos. The Dart spacecraft is going to crash into its moon.

This is the image of the space-craft:


                                                                    Image credit:NASA
You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/XKRf6-NcMqI

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