NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission was launched successfully by a Minotaur 5 (spin stabilised delivery version) rocket at 0327 GMT on 7 September 2013 from the Wallops Island launch site on the Eastern seaboard of USA. The $80 millilon LADEE spacecraft, which has been sent to the Moon to examine from lunar orbit the composition of any atmosphere present, did not have the easiest first day of its mission. While now fully recovered, the spacecraft intially had temporary post-launch fault in which the gyros were switched off after the spacecraft detected they were drawing too much power whiile trying to reduce the post launch spin.
NASA launches its LADEE mission to Moon on Minotaur 5 rocket
About Seradata
Seradata produces the renowned Seradata database. Trusted by over 100 of the world’s leading Space organisations, Seradata is a fully queryable database used for market analysis, failure/risk assessment, spectrum analysis and space situational awareness (SSA).
For more information go to https://www.seradata.com/product/
Related Articles
Firefly Blue Ghost 1, the lunar lander owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace, made a successful touchdown on the Moon Read more
The Starship/Super Heavy suffered a serious launch failure during a suborbital flight test, for the second time in a row. Read more
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on Read more
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on Read more
Construction Orders [caption id="attachment_121645" align="alignleft" width="428"] Courtesy: Farah Ghouri using ChatGPT[/caption] As a follow-on to its Droid-01 testbed mission, Read more
David Todd explains what made one Falcon 9 launch stand out from the masses Falcon 9 rocket launches have become Read more
Europe’s small solid rocket, Vega C, has returned to flight for the first time in two years since it suffered Read more
Launch orders: [caption id="attachment_121645" align="alignleft" width="428"] Courtesy: Farah Ghouri using ChatGPT[/caption] NASA gives SpaceX US$257 million contract for Falcon Heavy Read more
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on Read more
Stay Informed with Seradata
Stay informed on the latest news, insights, and more from Seradata by signing up for our newsletter.