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Minotaur V | LADEE
Minotaur V
Sep 7, 3:27 AM UTC
Sep 7, 3:27 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like "laddie") was a robotic mission that orbited the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Area 0 B
- Location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA