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'''SMART-1''' (''Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology -1'') is a small European lunar orbiter.  Its unusual feature was the use of electric propulsion for the trans-lunar trajectory and orbital insertion.  It launched in September, 2003, and impacted on the moon in September, 2005.
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'''SMART-1''' (''Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology -1'') was a small European lunar orbiter.  Its unusual feature was the use of electric propulsion for the trans-lunar trajectory and orbital insertion.  It launched in September, 2003, and impacted on the moon in September, 2005.  It carried several sophisticated instruments, including high resolution imager.
  
 
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==Links==
 
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*[[List of Robotic Missions]] to the moon
 
*[[List of Robotic Missions]] to the moon
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* [[List of Unmanned Sites]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 12:01, 13 January 2007

SMART-1 (Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology -1) was a small European lunar orbiter. Its unusual feature was the use of electric propulsion for the trans-lunar trajectory and orbital insertion. It launched in September, 2003, and impacted on the moon in September, 2005. It carried several sophisticated instruments, including high resolution imager.


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