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A NASA orbiter that studied the Moon's tenuous exosphere and dust environment from low altitude before a planned impact.
- Destinations
- Moon
- Launch vehicle
- Minotaur 5
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, United States
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Orbiter
Chronology
Mission timeline
Launch
LADEE launched on a Minotaur-V from Wallops Flight Facility
Mission architecture
Vehicles
LADEE · Orbiter
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 August 27, 2026
- LADEE - NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog — NSSDCAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context