Space probe

Lunar Flashlight

NASA · launched 2022 · ended 2023

Laser-reflectometer cubesat for lunar ice; never reached lunar orbit.

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Interplanetary cruise

188 million km (1.25 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 10 min 26 s

137 million km from the Sun, moving at 31.7 km/s relative to the Sun

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The flight

  1. December 11, 2022

    Launched on Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral SLC-40

  2. May 19, 2023

    Flies past Moon, 149,330 km away

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Facts

What it is
Space probe
Agency
NASA
Launched
December 11, 2022
Rocket
Falcon 9
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Mission ended
2023
International designator
2022-168B

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