SMART-1 osculating orbit up to 21 December 2003
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34677/35605/1567220384807-lores_34426.jpg)
Date: 22 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 8500 km, increasing the perigee altitude from the original 656 km to 9158 km and the orbital period by 6 hours and 23 minutes, from the initial 10 hours 41 minutes, to 17 hours 4 minutes.
Last Update: 1 September 2019