SMART-1 lunar technology-demonstration spacecraft
SMART-1 was ESA’s compact lunar technology-demonstration spacecraft design. The cubic, solar-powered probe used a Hall-effect electric thruster to spiral from geostationary transfer orbit to the Moon, then mapped the lunar surface while validating miniaturized spacecraft technologies.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology 1SMART 1ESA SMART-1
- Family Name
- SMART-1
- Full Name
- SMART-1 lunar technology-demonstration spacecraft
- Roles
- orbitertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- SMART-1 was ESA’s compact lunar technology-demonstration spacecraft design. The cubic, solar-powered probe used a Hall-effect electric thruster to spiral from geostationary transfer orbit to the Moon, then mapped the lunar surface while validating miniaturized spacecraft technologies.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 1
- Length M
- 1
- Width M
- 1
- First Flight Year
- 2,003
- Last Flight Year
- 2,006
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- SMART-1 primary electric propulsion
- Notes
- SMART-1 used one PPS-1350-G Hall-effect thruster as its primary propulsion system for the Earth-to-Moon spiral transfer and lunar operations.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 366.5
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:18:36 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 30, 2026 at 21:34:55 UTC
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