SMART-1 underwent a controlled impact with the lunar surface on
3 September 2006 at 05h42m21.759s UT. During the perilune
raising manoeuvres from 19 June to 2 July 2006, SMART-1's orbit
was adjusted to position the spacecraft's impact on the lunar
near side. Additional orbit trim manoeuvres took place in late
July 2006 and lasted about two days. This fine tuning gave an
impact time of between 05:30 - 06:30 UTC on 3 September 2006,
allowing optimal observations from some of the world's largest
telescopes: ESO (Chile), Kitt Peak (Arizona, US) and Hawaii.
Final manoeuvres were performed during the night of 1-2
September 2006 when the perilune was boosted by nearly 600
metres to ensure the spacecraft would not impact on the fore-
last orbit. The manoeuvres were successful and SMART-1 was on-
course for a nominal impact at 05:42 UT on 3 September. AMIE
image mosaic of area around the SMART-1 impact site Timeline of
Events |13 June 2006 ||Remove solar array 35° offset| |Mid June
2006 ||SMART-1 perilune height <300 km