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SMART-1's ever-increasing orbit of the Earth

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Title SMART-1's ever-increasing orbit of the Earth

Released 14/07/2003 9:19 am

Copyright AOES Medialab, ESA 2002.

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SMART-1 first orbits the Earth in ever-increasing ellipses. When it reaches the Moon, its orbit is altered by the Moon's gravitational field. It uses a number of these lunar 'gravity assist' manoeuvres to position itself for entering orbit around the Moon.

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Activity Space Science

Mission SMART-1

Keywords Operations , Orbits

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