SMART-1 to be launched on 4 September 2003
The Ariane-5 launch, with SMART-1 and two commercial satellites on board, was planned to take place on Thursday 28 August from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch has now been put back to 4 September, 1:04 CEST.
ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, Europeís first probe to the Moon, will take around 16 months to reach its destination where it is expected to carry out a number of unprecedented studies of the Moon, and demonstrate innovate and key technologies for future deep space science missions.