DART spacecraft

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The DART spacecraft was a NASA mission designed to test planetary defense by intentionally colliding with an asteroid to alter its trajectory.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Double Asteroid Redirection Test 2
DART 1
DART planetary defense mission 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA mission ⓘ
planetary defense mission ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
acronym DART ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft
belongsTo NASA Discovery-class technology demonstration missions ⓘ
carriedCubeSat LICIACube ⓘ
carriedInstrument DRACO camera ⓘ
communicationBand X-band ⓘ
cubeSatPartner Italian Space Agency ⓘ
demonstratedTechnique kinetic impact deflection ⓘ
developmentLead Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ
followUpMissionAgency European Space Agency ⓘ
fullName Double Asteroid Redirection Test ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft
fundingAgency NASA ⓘ
impactBody Dimorphos ⓘ
impactDate 2022-09-26 ⓘ
impactOutcome successfully altered Dimorphos's orbital period ⓘ
impactVelocity approximately 6.1 kilometers per second ⓘ
instrumentFullName Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation ⓘ
isFirstOfType first mission to deliberately alter the motion of a celestial body ⓘ
launchDate 2021-11-24 ⓘ
launchProvider SpaceX ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 4E ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Falcon 9 Block 5 ⓘ
linked to: Falcon 9 rocket
managingCenter Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ
missionDurationFromLaunchToImpact approximately 10 months ⓘ
missionEnd 2022-09-26 ⓘ
missionStatus completed ⓘ
missionType asteroid deflection demonstration ⓘ
kinetic impactor test ⓘ
navigation autonomous optical navigation ⓘ
navigationSystem SMART Nav ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office ⓘ
orbitalPeriodChange reduced Dimorphos's orbital period by about 32 minutes ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
primaryObjective demonstrate kinetic impactor technique for asteroid deflection ⓘ
test planetary defense by altering an asteroid's trajectory ⓘ
program NASA Planetary Defense program ⓘ
propulsion NEXT-C ion thruster ⓘ
propulsionType solar electric propulsion ⓘ
relatedMission Hera spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraftMassAtImpact approximately 570 kilograms ⓘ
target Dimorphos ⓘ
targetPrimary 65803 Didymos ⓘ
targetSystem Didymos–Dimorphos binary asteroid system ⓘ
linked to: Dimorphos
trajectoryType heliocentric transfer to near-Earth asteroid ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA spacecraft → includes → DART spacecraft ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory → notableProject → DART planetary defense mission ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft
DART spacecraft → fullName → Double Asteroid Redirection Test ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft
DART spacecraft → acronym → DART ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft
NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office → notableWork → Double Asteroid Redirection Test ⓘ
linked to: DART spacecraft