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SMART-1 was a Swedish-designed European Space Agency satellite that orbited the Moon. It was launched on 27 September 2003 at 23:14 UTC from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. "SMART-1" stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-1. On 3 September 2006 (05:42 UTC), SMART-1 was deliberately crashed into the Moon's surface, ending its mission.[3]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Technology Lunar orbiter | ||||||||||||||||
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Operator | ESA | ||||||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 2003-043C | ||||||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 27949 | ||||||||||||||||
Website | SMART-1 | ||||||||||||||||
Mission duration | 2 years, 11 months, 6 days, 6 hours, 27 minutes, 36 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Swedish Space Corporation | ||||||||||||||||
Launch mass | 367 kilograms (809 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Dry mass | 287 kilograms (633 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||
Launch date | 27 September 2003, 23:14:46 (2003-09-27UTC23:14:46Z) UTC [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Rocket | Ariane 5G | ||||||||||||||||
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 | ||||||||||||||||
Contractor | Arianespace | ||||||||||||||||
End of mission | |||||||||||||||||
Decay date | 3 September 2006, 05:42:22 (2006-09-03UTC05:42:23Z) UTC | ||||||||||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||||||
Reference system | Selenocentric | ||||||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.352054 | ||||||||||||||||
Periselene altitude | 2,205 kilometres (1,370 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
Aposelene altitude | 4,600 kilometres (2,900 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
Inclination | 90.26 degrees | ||||||||||||||||
Period | 4.95 hours | ||||||||||||||||
Epoch | 18 July 2005, 11:14:28 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
Lunar orbiter | |||||||||||||||||
Orbital insertion | 15 November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
Impact site | 34.262°S 46.193°W / -34.262; -46.193[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Legacy ESA insignia for the SMART-1 mission |
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