Emirates Lunar Mission
Appearance
Mission type | Lunar Exploration |
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Operator | Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre |
Website | www |
Mission duration | 135 days (failed) |
Distance travelled | 238,900 mi (386,400 km) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Rashid Rover |
Spacecraft type | Lunar Rover |
Manufacturer | Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 11, 2022 |
Rocket | Falcon 9 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Space Force Center SLC-40 |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Deployed from | Falcon 9 Second Stage |
Deployment date | December 11, 2022 |
Entered service | January 1, 2023 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Crash Landed |
Declared | April 26, 2023 |
Deactivated | April 20, 2023 |
Destroyed | April 25, 2023 |
Last contact | April 25, 2023 |
Decay date | April 26, 2023 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Lunar Orbit |
Regime | Elliptical Orbit |
Perilune | 62.1371 mi (100 km) |
Apolune | 1,242 mi (2,000 km) |
Lunar lander | |
Landing date | April 25, 2023 (failed) |
Landing site | Atlas Crater (failed) |
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The Emirates Lunar Mission was the first mission to the Moon by The United Arab Emirates. The mission by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre sent a lunar rover named Rashid to the Moon aboard ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander.