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SMART-1

European Space Agency satellite that orbited around the Moon
Vehicle lunar_orbiter Q213498

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
lunar orbiter, artificial satellite[2]
Official website
www.esa.int[15]
Location
LQ26[5]
Apoapsis
+4600[24]
Cause of destruction
hard landing[12]
Launch contractor
Arianespace[16]
Located on astronomical body
Moon[7]
Manufacturer
Swedish Space Corporation[4]
Mass
+367, +287[21][22]
Native label
SMART-1[19]
Operator
European Space Agency[3]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.352054[17]
Orbital inclination
+90.26[20]
Orbital period
+4.95[23]
P14541
2if2uv[26]
Periapsis
+2205[25]
Powered by
ion thruster[8]
Significant event
rocket launch, orbital activity, hard landing[13][14]
Space launch vehicle
Ariane 5G[6]
Start point
ELA-3[18]
Time of object orbit decay
September 3, 2006[11]
Type of orbit
lunar orbit[9]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
September 27, 2003[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en SMART-1 ar SMART-1 ar سمارت ١ ar سمارت-1 ar سمارت-١ ar سمارت 1 ar SMART-١ cs Smart 1 de SMART 1 de Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology de SMART1 es Smart 1 es Sonda SMART 1 es Sonda SMART-1 fa اسمارت -۱ fi SMART 1 fi XSM fr Smart 1 fr Programme Smart 1 fr Programme SMART-1
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Artist's impression of the SMART-1 mission ESA199399.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
2003-043C
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
506963
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/SMART-1
Freebase ID
/m/01d7nz
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
smart-1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0282443
NAIF ID
-238
NSSDCA ID
2003-043C
SCN
27949
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "27949"]

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Instance of 2
artificial satellite, lunar orbiter
Significant event 2
hard landing, rocket launch
Cause of destruction 1
hard landing
Launch contractor 1
Arianespace
Located on astronomical body 1
Moon
Manufacturer 1
Swedish Space Corporation
Operator 1
European Space Agency
Powered by 1
ion thruster
Space launch vehicle 1
Ariane 5G
Start point 1
ELA-3
Type of orbit 1
lunar orbit
← FactGrid item ID 1
Smeeton Westerby
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Summary

SMART-1 is a lunar orbiter[1].

Related Entities

Ariane 5G artificial satellite lunar orbiter

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  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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