SMART-1 osculating orbit up to 14 December 2003
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34677/35605/1567220390826-lores_34384.jpg)
Date: 15 December 2003
Satellite: SMART-1
Copyright: ESA
From the start, the electric propulsion system has managed to increase the semi-major axis of the orbit by 7856 km, increasing the perigee altitude from the original 656 km to 8097 km and the orbital period by five and a half hours, from the initial 10 hours 41 minutes to the present 16 hours 11 minutes.
Last Update: 1 September 2019