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Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter
Phil Stooke
post Jul 26 2022, 09:19 PM
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https://www.kari.re.kr/eng/sub03_07_01.do


The link is to the Korean Space Agency's page on Danuri, the nation's first lunar orbiter. It will launch from the US in early August and orbit the Moon for a year. Of particular note is he inclusion of Shadowcam, a US payload modified from the LRO NAC instrument to image in polar shadows. I think I have seen it is 200 times more sensitive that NAC. We can hope for a lot of interesting images of polar areas. Work on a followup lander is in progress but may be slow.

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post Jul 26 2022, 10:03 PM
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Thanks, Mike.

Thinking about its operation... an area near a PSR but not in it will often be shadowed but sometimes illuminated. When it is illuminated NAC can see it perfectly well, but it will have very pronounced shadows which might complicate mission planning (e.g. a rover traverse into the PSR). There might be some occasions where an area like that could be imaged while in shadow, with the more diffuse reflected light softening the shadows enough to be helpful.

I look forward to seeing the images.

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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 26 2022, 02:03 PM) *
I look forward to seeing the images.

As do we! Keep in mind that while the launch is just a week away, it takes KPLO quite a while to get to the Moon; mapping won't start until sometime in December, I think. See https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal...missions/k/kplo


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- Phil Stooke   Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter   Jul 26 2022, 09:19 PM
- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 26 2022, 01:19 P...   Jul 26 2022, 09:31 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Thanks, Mike. Thinking about its operation... a...   Jul 26 2022, 10:03 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 26 2022, 02:03 P...   Jul 26 2022, 10:10 PM
- - mcaplinger   BTW, in case this has occurred to anyone -- Shadow...   Jul 26 2022, 11:54 PM
|- - Shan   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 27 2022, 05:24 AM...   Sep 1 2022, 01:44 PM
- - Phil Stooke   https://mobile.twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/st...2260...   Sep 1 2022, 07:42 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Round about now Danuri is at its most distant from...   Oct 2 2022, 11:22 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A transit (passing over Korea) on 24 September. T...   Nov 9 2022, 08:16 PM
|- - john_s   Sweet! Do you have a link to the original sou...   Nov 10 2022, 12:02 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I thought the link I put in the first post in this...   Nov 10 2022, 06:00 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Danuri is approaching the Moon: It will enter l...   Dec 5 2022, 08:18 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Safely in orbit and getting close to its 100 km sc...   Dec 27 2022, 08:16 AM
- - Hungry4info   Absolutely incredible images from KPLO posted to t...   Jan 3 2023, 02:43 PM
- - Explorer1   Wow! Like the old LROC Earthrise from 2014, ju...   Jan 3 2023, 03:10 PM
- - Phil Stooke   There are additional images here: https://www.kar...   Jan 3 2023, 08:31 PM
- - neo56   A picture taken on 28 November 2022 at a distance ...   Jan 8 2023, 10:45 AM
- - mcaplinger   http://shadowcam.sese.asu.edu/images/1284 "T...   Jan 10 2023, 12:09 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Very impressive, Mike. Well done!   Jan 10 2023, 01:38 AM
- - Phil Stooke   More from ShadowCam. This is part of a small crat...   Feb 10 2023, 04:38 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Some new images here: https://www.kari.re.kr/kplo...   Feb 15 2023, 07:49 AM
- - Phil Stooke   New image from ShadowCam - Marvin crater, which is...   Mar 15 2023, 06:59 AM
|- - john_s   The quality of these images is remarkable. It...   Mar 15 2023, 01:52 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Another great image from ShadowCam. https://www...   Mar 31 2023, 08:36 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 31 2023, 12:36 P...   Mar 31 2023, 09:12 PM
|- - john_s   Sweet! I remember seeing Apollo images of Ori...   Apr 1 2023, 04:58 AM
- - tolis   Not an expert, but I recall looking at prints of L...   Apr 1 2023, 07:03 PM
- - Phil Stooke   John's faith in me is touching. According t...   Apr 1 2023, 09:08 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Some nice new images on the Danuri website. A vie...   Apr 15 2023, 06:00 AM
- - threadworm   Danuri's instrument images are now available f...   May 3 2024, 05:57 PM
- - threadworm   They have now added several more month's worth...   Jun 18 2024, 08:00 AM
- - Phil Stooke   It's interesting to get into these images...   Jun 18 2024, 09:26 PM
- - threadworm   Another addition to the LUTI archive for July 2023...   Sep 3 2024, 05:32 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes. It's Apollo 14. Here is a version with th...   Sep 3 2024, 06:06 PM
- - threadworm   Totally omitted '14' when typing - no idea...   Sep 3 2024, 08:31 PM
- - threadworm   August 2023 files now being added, but may possibl...   Sep 7 2024, 05:08 AM
- - threadworm   This is the oblique Camera A view.   Sep 7 2024, 05:12 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The Shadowcam images take a bit of getting used to...   Sep 7 2024, 07:02 AM
- - threadworm   Raw images for August 2023 are now complete, Calib...   Sep 9 2024, 07:31 PM


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