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Minotaur V | LADEE
Orbital Sciences Corporation · Minotaur V · Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Orbital Sciences Corporation's 67th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 5,317th orbital launch attempt
September 7, 2013Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 7, 03:27 – Sep 7, 03:27 UTC
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LADEE
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.
Robotic Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
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- LADEE Launches! — NASA
