SMART-1 impact on the Moon - Moon science, orbit reboosts and impact observations

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Aug 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007esabu.131...38c&link_type=abstract

ESA Bulletin (ISSN 0376-4265), No. 131, p. 38 - 45 (2007)

Physics

Space Flight: Moon

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SMART-1 was launched in September 2003 and impacted the Moon 3 years later. It was the first of ESA's Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology, with the main goal of testing electric propulsion. Following a spectacular navigation strategy, the craft reached the Moon, where its orbit was optimised for scientific observations. The instruments provided data throughout the mission, interrupted only by manoeuvres. The last of these had to be done with the attitude thrusters after exhausting the ion thruster's xenon fuel. The impact was observed from Earth by radio and infrared telescopes worldwide in an international campaign.

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