Primary mission: 100 days Extended mission: 28 days Total duration: 223 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus
MCSB
Manufacturer
Ames Research Center
Launch mass
383 kg (844 lb)[1]
Dry mass
248.2 kg (547 lb)[1]
Payload mass
49.6 kg (109 lb)[1]
Dimensions
1.85×1.85×2.37 m (6.1×6.1×7.8 ft)[1]
Power
295 watts[1]
Start of mission
Launch date
September 7, 2013, 03:27 (2013-09-07UTC03:27Z) UTC[2]
Rocket
Minotaur V
Launch site
Wallops Pad 0B
Contractor
Orbital[1]
End of mission
Disposal
Deorbited
Decay date
April 18, 2014 (2014-04-19), ~04:30 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Selenocentric[3]
Periselene altitude
25–50 km (16–31 mi)[4]
Aposelene altitude
60–80 km (37–50 mi)[4]
Inclination
157 degrees[4]
Period
111.5 to 116.5 minutes[1]
Epoch
Planned (science phase)
Moon orbiter
Orbital insertion
October 6, 2013, 10:57 UTC
Logotype of the mission
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE; /ˈlædi/)[5] was a NASA lunar exploration and technology demonstration mission. It was launched on a Minotaur V rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on September 7, 2013.[6] During its seven-month mission, LADEE orbited the Moon's equator, using its instruments to study the lunar exosphere and dust in the Moon's vicinity. Instruments included a dust detector, neutral mass spectrometer, and ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, as well as a technology demonstration consisting of a laser communications terminal.[7] The mission ended on April 18, 2014, when the spacecraft's controllers intentionally crashed LADEE into the far side of the Moon,[8][9] which, later, was determined to be near the eastern rim of Sundman V crater.[10]
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