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4M

Also known as Manfred Memorial Moon Mission

LuxSpace · Launched October 23, 2014

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

LuxSpace's 4M was a privately funded lunar flyby with navigation and radiation experiments.

Destinations: Moon Show Moon in the explorer
Launch vehicle: Long March 3C / G2
Launch site: Xichang, China
Countries: Luxembourg
Mission types: Technology demonstrator, Flyby

Chronology

Mission timeline

October 23, 2014
Launch
4M launched from Xichang, China
Earth
Date unknown
Flyby
4M was the first privately funded lunar flyby
Moon
Date unknown
Mission end
4M started to hibernate after 438h

Mission architecture

Vehicles

4M · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through September 5, 2026

OHB Launch Missions — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
4M Manfred Moon Memorial Mission — ESAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M): Development, Operations and Results of a Privately Funded Low Cost Lunar Flyby — OTHERPaper · Supports: mission claims · event claims
Real-time cargo monitoring — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context