Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri, was successfully launched on 4 Aug. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station using a Space-X Falcon-9 rocket. Flight dynamics (FD) operational readiness was one of the critical parts to be checked before the flight. To demonstrate FD software’s readiness and enhance the operator’s contingency response capabilities, KPLO FD specialists planned, organized, and conducted four simulations and two rehearsals before the KPLO launch. For the efficiency and integrity of FD simulation and rehearsal, different sets of blind test data were prepared, including the simulated tracking measurements that incorporated dynamical model errors, maneuver execution errors, and other errors associated with a tracking system. This paper presents the simulation and rehearsal results with lessons learned for the KPLO FD operational readiness checkout. As a result, every functionality of FD operation systems is firmly secured based on the operation procedure with an enhancement of contingency operational response capability. After conducting several simulations and rehearsals, KPLO FD specialists were much more confident in the flight teams’ ability to overcome the challenges in a realistic flight and FD software’s reliability in flying the KPLO. Moreover, the results of this work will provide numerous insights to the FD experts willing to prepare deep space flight operations.

1. INTRODUCTION
2. SIMULATION & REHEARSAL SETUP
    2.1 Trajectory & Mission Orbit Overview
    2.2 Roles of Trajectory Design System (TDS) and FlightDynamics Subsystem (FDS)
    2.3 Flight Dynamics Operation Procedure
    2.4 Blind Test Data Generation
    2.5 Tracking Resources
    2.6 Case Selection
3. RESULTS ANALYSIS
    3.1 Simulation Results
    3.2 Rehearsal Results
4. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ORCIDs
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• Young-Joo Song(Lunar Exploration Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
• Jonghee Bae(Lunar Exploration Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
• SeungBum Hong(Lunar Exploration Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
• Jun Bang(Lunar Exploration Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) Corresponding author