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![[smart_1_logo]](smartdekalsm.gif)
Smart-1
was launched in September 2003 by a conventional rocket, but made its
transit to an orbit around the moon be means of an ion engine. The
mission ended by a planned impact landing on the moon in September 3,
2006. We contributed to the project by designing
and manufacturing the two electrostatic probes of the SPEDE
instrument.
- Further information
- SPEDE -- instrument home page at the Finnish
Meteorological institute
- SMART-1
home page at the Swedish Space Corporation: English, Swedish
- SMART-1 home page at ESA
The figure below shows Smart-1 with the moon in the background. One of
the two SPEDE probes developed in Uppsala
is visible: it is the
golden stick extending toward upper left. The goldish
colour comes from the use of titanium nitride.
![[smart_at_moon]](smart-and-moonsm.jpg)
http://www.space.irfu.se/smart/index.html
last
modified 2006-09-03
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