PDF Archive of SMART-1 Status Reports
2006 | |||
56 | 2 September | Final Mission Update | |
55 | 14 August | Mission End | |
54 | 24 July | Successful Perilune Raising Manoeuvres | |
53 | 26 June | Ongoing Push-broom Operations | |
52 | 22 June | SMART-1 Mission Operations Until Moon Impact | |
51 | 23 May | Second Push-Broom Operations Phase | |
50 | 20 April | Preparing for Second Push-Broom Operations Phase | |
49 | 21 March | Small Drop in Solar Array Power | |
48 | 28 February | Latest Operational Update | |
47 | 24 January | Ongoing Lunar Operations |
2005 | |||
46 | 23 December | End of Push-broom Operations | |
45 | 28 November | Push-broom Operations | |
44 | 3 November | Preparation for Push-broom Operations | |
43 | 30 September | End of Electric Propulsion Operations | |
42 | 25 August | Ion Drive Restarted | |
41 | 22 July | Preparing for Ion Drive Firing | |
40 | 20 June | Ongoing Lunar Operations | |
39 | 19 May | SMART-1 Ready for Operations Phase | |
38 | 26 April | SMART-1 experiences two Earth Eclipses | |
37 | 12 April | Start of Moon Eclipse Season | |
36 | 29 March | Ongoing Lunar Commissioning | |
35 | 14 March | Final Lunar Orbit & Instrument Lunar Commissioning | |
34 | 17 January | SMART-1 Approaching Final Lunar Orbit |
2004 | |||
33 | 10 December | SMART-1 closing in on the Moon | |
32 | 19 November | SMART-1 completes its first orbit around the Moon | |
31 | 10 November | SMART-1 from Earth-bound to Moon-bound | |
30 | 27 October | On Course for Lunar Capture | |
29 | 1 October | SMART-1 First Birthday in Space and Second Lunar Resonance | |
28 | 27 August | First Lunar Resonace | |
27 | 16 August | Making Progress Towards the Moon | |
26 | 15 July | The Cruise Phase Continues | |
25 | 2 July | SMART-1 Observes the Earth | |
24 | 11 June | Cruising beyond 100 000 km from Earth | |
23 | 14 May | Small Thrust Level Oscillations | |
22 | 28 April | 2000 hours of electric propulsion operations | |
21 | 7 April | SMART-1 as a Bench Test for Electric Propulsion | |
20 | 22 March | Eclipse Period Over | |
19 | 4 March | Entering Eclipse Period | |
18 | 13 February | Payload Commissioning | |
17 | 4 February | Ion Engine Switched Off and Commissioning Begins | |
16 | 21 January | Ready for payload commissioning | |
15 | 15 January | Preparing for payload commissioning | |
14 | 6 January | SMART-1 finally escapes the radiation belts |
2003 | |||
13 | 30 December | Largest Weekly Increase in Orbit | |
12 | 23 December | 68 hours of uninterrupted firing of the ion engine! | |
11 | 16 December | Ion drive smashes 1000 hours milestone! | |
10 | 9 December | SMART-1 is flying at full speed | |
9 | 4 December | SMART-1 is changing thrust strategy to avoid long eclipses | |
8 | 28 November | SMART-1 is working well and continues thrusting | |
7 | 17 November | SMART-1 is spiralling out through the Earth's radiation belts | |
6 | 11 November | SMART-1 is flying at full speed through the Earth's radiation belts | |
5 | 4 November | SMART-1 is finding her way through the radiation storms!! | |
4 | 29 October | SMART-1 completes one month in orbit | |
3 | 21 October | Overall status, current activities and planned activities | |
2 | 6 October | Early Ion Drive Performance | |
1 | 29 September | Initial Spacecraft Operations |
Last Update: 1 September 2019