Minotaur V | LADEE

Name: Minotaur V | LADEE
Start: 2013-09-07T03:27:00Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: September 7, 2013 at 03:27 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Minotaur V
Operator: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission type: Robotic Exploration