Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

Falcon 9 launched NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) from Vandenberg, the first full-scale planetary-defense demonstration, sending a kinetic impactor toward the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system it would strike in September 2022.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Helio-N/A

Heliocentric orbit

Payload to orbit

623 kg

Flight

72nd

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

24 November 2021, 06:21 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Payload

Robotic Exploration

International designator

2021-110

Launches in 2021

119th of 146

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