People in a railway station in Seoul watch a television screen showing a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching with South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri onboard from Cape Canaveral in Florida. One of the instruments will evaluate disruption-tolerant, network-based space communications, which, according to South Korea's science ministry, is a world first. The lunar orbiter will stream K-pop sensation BTS' song "Dynamite" to test this wireless network. "It is a huge moment for South Korea's space development programme, and we hope to continue contributing to the global understanding of the Moon with what Danuri is set to find out." South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri will try to develop a wireless Internet environment to link satellites or exploration spacecraft and will stream K-pop sensation BTS' song "Dynamite" to test the network.

Source: Daily Nation August 05, 2022 00:44 UTC