Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
LADEE
During its seven-month mission, LADEE orbited around 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 383.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit
Location
LP-0B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Stats
2013
49th orbital launch attempt
Minotaur V
1st mission
1st mission of 2013
1st successful mission