Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Robotic Exploration · Helio-N/A
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed, a technique known as a kinetic impactor. DART is a planetary defense-driven test of one of the technologies for preventing…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA DART 2021-110A | Payload | re-entered 2022-09-26 | |
| FALCON 9 R/B 2021-110B | Rocket body | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 2021-110 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).