Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE): Initial Science Results

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Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE): Initial Science Results

R. C. Elphic / B. Hine / G. T. Delory / J. S. Salute / S. Nobel / A. Colaprete / M. Horanyi / P. Mahaffy

On September 6, 2013, a nearperfect launch of the first Minotaur V rocket successfully carried NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) into a higheccentricity geocentric orbit. The launch, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, was visible from much of the eastern seaboard. Over the next 30 days, LADEE performed three phasing orbits, with near-perfect maneuvers that placed apogee at ever higher altitudes in preparation for rendezvous with the Moon. LADEE arrived at the Moon on October 6, 2013, during the government shutdown

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Title :

Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE): Initial Science Results

Contributors:

R. C. Elphic (author) / B. Hine (author) / G. T. Delory (author) / J. S. Salute (author) / S. Nobel (author) / A. Colaprete (author) / M. Horanyi (author) / P. Mahaffy (author)

Publication date :

2014

Size :

2 pages

Type of media :

Report

Type of material :

No indication

Language :

English

Keywords :

Aeronautics & Aerodynamics , Test Facilities & Equipment , Phasing orbit , Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) , Minotaur V , Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia