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DART Impactor
NASA spacecraft which impacted asteroid Dimorphos. DART Impactor was launched on November 24, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Nov 24, 2021).
COSPAR 2021-110ANORAD 49497United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DART
- Common name
- DART Impactor
- International designator
- 2021-110A
- NORAD catalog number
- 49497
- GCAT identifier
- S49497
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1034
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- PDC
- Owner
- APL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- DART
Launch
- Date
- November 24, 2021 · 06:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-110Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 263 km
- Inclination
- 64.65°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- November 24, 2021
- Last known active
- Sep 26, 2022
- End of operations
- Sep 26, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 610 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 19.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01089
- Final central body
- Didymos
- Phase start
- September 26, 2022
- Phase outcome
- Deorbited · September 26, 2022
- Destination
- Dimorphos
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2021 | Earth | Nov 30, 2021 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didymos | Impactor | Targeted impact | Sep 26, 2022 | — | -8.84, 264.30 |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q109690546 (CC0).