South Korea launches first lunar orbiter on SpaceX rocket
STORY: Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
South Korea has launched its first lunar orbiter as it doubles down on its space programs
Date: August 4, 2022
The country aims to land a probe on the moon by 2030 and become the world's seventh lunar explorer
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter is nicknamed Danuri, meaning ‘enjoy the Moon’
It departed on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida
It will enter the moon's orbit in December
before starting a yearlong observation mission, including searching for a landing site
