Planetary Science
BERESHEET
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Beresheet was a demonstrator of a small robotic lunar lander and lunar probe operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries. Its aims included inspiring youth and promoting careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and landing its magnetometer, time capsule, and laser retroreflector on the Moon. The lander's gyroscopes failed on 11 April 2019 causing the main engine to shut off, which resulted in the lander crashing on the Moon. Its final resting position is 32.5956°N, 19.3496°E.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 22, 2019 at 01:45 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- GTO-1 (Beresheet, S5)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Israel
- Launch mass
- 585 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-009B
- NORAD catalog №
- 44049
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Israel- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 11, 2019
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 11, 2019
- Time in service
- 48 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed
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