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DART Mission

completedLaunch 2005-014
Launched 4/15/2005LEOService CGSat SSO OA
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
DART (2005-014A)
retired
Technology Demonstration
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
4/15/2005
Launch ID
2005-014
Launch Profile
Sat SSO OA
Service Type
CG
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Northrop Grumman
Launch Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Launch Site
RW30/12, Vandenberg AFB, CaliforniaUS
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Technology Demonstration 1
Track
Mentions
21
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA’s DART mission will collide with Didymos’s moon in October 2022 to test the ability of such impacts to alter asteroid orbits.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 29, 2018ESA plans second attempt at planetary defense mission
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