Mission Details
| Mission Name: LADEE |
| Mission Type: Lunar Orbiter |
| Operator: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) |
| Launching State: United States |
| Location: Sundman V Crater Rim |
| Latitude: 11.849 |
| Longitude: -93.249 |
| Launch Date: 7 September 2013, 03:27:00 UT |
| Landing Date: ~18 April 2014, ~04:30 UT |
| Objects on or Related to Site: LADEE |
| Image Source: NASA |
Description
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere Dust and Environment Explorer—LADEE—was a robotic mission that orbited the Moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and the environmental influences on lunar dust.
Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/ladee/in-depth/
Heritage Consideration
LADEE confirmed the presence of neon in the lunar atmosphere for the first time.
Object on or Related to Site
| Object Name: LADEE | |
| Cospar: 2013-047A | |
| Norad: N/A | |
| Location: Precise location unknown or undisclosed. | |
| Launch Date: 7 September 2013, 03:27 UT | |
| Landing Date: ~18 April 2014, ~04:30 UT | |
| Deployment: N/A | |
| End Date: 9 October 1967 | |
| Function: Study lunar atmosphere. | |
| Image Source: NASA |
Description
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was a NASA lunar exploration and technology demonstration mission. It was launched on a Minotaur V rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on September 7, 2013. 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.
