The first South Korean mission to go beyond Earth orbit will do recon of the moon in advance of a future lander mission.
"We believe that the KMAG instrument on board Danuri will collect valuable data for the scientific study of these magnetic anomalies," Kim said.
The spacecraft is also armed with a polarized camera that will study the bulk properties of the lunar surface material, and a NASA instrument calledOnly the rim of Shackleton Crater, the floor of which is in permanent shadow at the moon's south pole, is illuminated in this image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Danuri's ShadowCam will seek to detect water-ice in shadowed craters such as Shackleton.
A fifth payload is a technology demonstrator, the Disruption Tolerant Network Experiment Payload . There's not always a smooth connection when downloading data from a spacecraft, and often disruptions occur, like experiencing an Internet drop-out while downloading files on your home computer. , 250 miles from Earth's surface. Now Danuri will seek to verify for the first time that the technology also can work successfully at much greater distances beyond Earth orbit.
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