SMART-1
Artist's impression of SMART-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Dry mass | 287 kilograms (633 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||
| Launch date | 27 September 2003, 23:14:46 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Rocket | Ariane 5G | ||||||||||||||||
| Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contractor | Arianespace | ||||||||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||||||||
| Decay date | 3 September 2006, 05:42:22 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°15′43″S 46°11′35″W / 34.262°S 46.193°W | ||||||||||||||||
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Legacy ESA insignia for the SMART-1 mission | |||||||||||||||||
SMART-1 was a 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.