Double Asteroid Redirection Test
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects. It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when... Wikipedia
Dates: Nov 24, 2021 – Sep 26, 2022
Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base
COSPAR ID: 2021-110A
Dimensions: DART: 1.8 × 1.9 × 2.6 metres (5 ft 11 in × 6 ft 3 in × 8 ft 6 in); ROSA: 8.5 × 2.4 metres (27.9 × 7.9 ft) (each)
Impact date: 26 September 2022, 23:14 UTC
Launch mass: : DART: 610 kilograms (1,340 lb); LICIACube: 14 kilograms (31 lb);
Mission duration: 10 months and 1 day