SMART-1 osculating orbit up to 8 December 2003
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34677/35605/1567220526286-lores_34359.jpg)
Date: 08 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 6750 km, increasing the perigee altitude from the original 656 km to 7012 km and the orbital period by more than four and a half hours, from the initial 10 hours 41 minutes to the present 15 hours 22 minutes.
Last Update: 1 September 2019