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The first mission to demonstrate changing an asteroid moonlet’s orbit by kinetic impact.

AGENCYNASA / APL
LAUNCH YEAR2021
STATUSComplete
MISSION TYPEPlanetary defense test
TAGSasteroid / dimorphos / planetary defense

Overview

The first mission to demonstrate changing an asteroid moonlet’s orbit by kinetic impact.

Mission timeline

  1. 2021LAUNCH
  2. 2022DIMORPHOS IMPACT
  3. 2023ORBIT CHANGE CONFIRMED

Topics

  • asteroid
  • dimorphos
  • planetary defense