September 7, 2013 3:27 am

LADEE

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Minotaur V

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like “laddie”) was a robotic mission that orbited the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.
Launch Overview
Window Open 03:27 UTC
Window Close 03:27 UTC
Lift Off Sep 7, 2013 · 03:27 UTC
Launch Facility Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launch Pad Launch Area 0 B
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Orbital Sciences Corporation
Payload LADEE
Rocket Minotaur V
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like “laddie”) was a robotic mission that orbited the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.

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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Area 0 B
Launch Overview
Window Open 03:27 UTC
Window Close 03:27 UTC
Lift Off Sep 7, 2013 · 03:27 UTC
Launch Facility Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launch Pad Launch Area 0 B
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Orbital Sciences Corporation
Payload LADEE
Rocket Minotaur V
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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