Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

Nov 24, 2021, 6:21 AM UTC · Launch Successful

Mission stages

8 linked records

Published target: Nov 4, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC
DART Launch Preview Briefing
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Published target: Nov 23, 2021, 12:00 AM UTC
DART Pre-Launch News Conference
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Nov 24, 2021, 6:21 AM UTC
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Launch Successful
Published target: Sep 12, 2022, 1:00 PM UTC
DART Technologies Media Teleconference
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Published target: Sep 22, 2022, 7:00 PM UTC
NASA DART Pre-Impact Press Briefing
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Published target: Sep 26, 2022, 11:14 PM UTC
NASA DART Impact
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Published target: Sep 27, 2022, 12:00 AM UTC
NASA DART Post-Impact Press Briefing
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Published target: Oct 11, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC
NASA DART Update Press Briefing
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Event dates are published targets. Confirmed milestones appear below when reported.

Previous recorded flight of the same booster: Starlink 28, May 26, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC.

Published flight records. A dash means the source has not supplied a value.
Field	Previous flight	This flight
Mission	Starlink 28	Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)Different
Purpose	Communications	Robotic ExplorationDifferent
Orbit	Low Earth Orbit	Heliocentric N/ADifferent
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA	Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADifferent
Vehicle	Falcon 9 Block 5	Falcon 9 Block 5
Spacecraft	—	—
Booster	B1063	B1063

booster

36 linked mission records

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