LADEE
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:27:00
Saturday September 7, 2013
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
Mission Details
Launch Notes
The first launch of Minotaur V.
LADEE
During its seven-month mission, LADEE orbited around the Moon's equator, using its instruments to study the lunar exosphere and dust in the Moon's vicinity. Instruments included a dust detector, neutral mass spectrometer, and ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, as well as a technology demonstration consisting of a laser communications terminal.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
1 Payload
383 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
NorthropPrice
$55.00 million
Rocket
Height: 24.56m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 532 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,224 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.34m
Height: 6.4m
Stages
5
Launch Site
Stats
Minotaur V
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
2013
49th
Orbital launch attempt