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SMART-1 impact on the Moon. IMAGE: ESA End of Mission  
September 3rd 2006 SMART-1 impacted into the Moon
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

  
LUNAR PHASE  
October - September 2006 Lunar mission phase 2
May - August 2005 Lunar mission phase 1
March-May 2005 Lunar commissioning activities
Late January 2005 Spiral down to permanent lunar orbit.
Jan 2005 Pre-lunar commissioning in initial orbit.

Early January 2005

First lunar data!

5th November 2004

SMART-1 gets to the Moon!

     
     
SMART-1 orbit as the spacecraft left the Earth. Green periods show non-powered phases of orbital dynamics. Red phases show where the ion drive was fired. IMAGE:ESA CRUISE PHASE  

July 2004

 

November 2003 - October 2004

 

Observations of the Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere, Sco-X 1, Comets, VelaX-1, Cygnus loop
IMAGE: SMART-1 orbit leaving the Earth. Green periods show non-powered phases of orbital dynamics. Red phases show where the ion drive was fired. IMAGE: ESA
    
   
   

Smart 1 Launch September 2003. IMAGE: ESA

 LAUNCH  

27th September 2003

 

 

Smart-1 launched successfully from Guiana Space Centre, Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, at 2014 hrs local time (2314 hrs GMT) on 27 September 2003.

The SMART-1 launch event party at RAL. IMAGE: RAL

A launch event was held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboatory in Oxfordshire to celebrate SMART-1's lift-off!

Replay the Smart-1 launch event of 27th September at the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory HERE

Replay the launch sequence HERE

 

IMAGE: Patrick Moore and others enjoying the SMART-1 launch party at RAL on 27th Sept. 2003. IMAGE: RAL .

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