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    DART MISSION

    Dec 02, 2021 3 minutes

    THE SPECS

    Planned launch: 24 November 2021

    Launch rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9

    Target: Didymos and Dimorphos

    Operators: NASA

    Orbital inclination: Halo orbit

    Estimated cost: $313.9 million (£227.9 million)

    DART impact: 26 September to 2 October 2022

    Distance from Earth: 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles)

    NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is an ambitious project designed to test a method of deflecting an asteroid for the purpose of planetary defence using the kinetic impactor technique. DART is to launch between 24 November 2021 and 12 February 2022, though the delayed launch window won’t impact the spacecraft’s

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