Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology

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Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART)^[1] was a European Space Agency programme for building technology demonstrator space probes and testing them in outer space as space missions.^[2]

SMART missions include:

SMART-1, a mission to test electric propulsion rockets, by using Hall-effect thrusters; and also used as an outer space probe, and lunar probe.^[3]
SMART-2 LISA Pathfinder, a mission to test the feasibility of formation flying multiple satellites for precision laser measurement, for use as a gravity wave detector ^[4]

References

^ "Europe reaches the Moon!". European Space Agency. 16 November 2004.
^ Giuseppe D. Racca (August–November 1999). "SMART 1: The first small mission for advanced research in technology". Acta Astronautica. Vol. 45, no. 4–9. pp. 337–345. S0094576599001526 – via Science Direct.
^ Christophe Koppel (31 December 2004), The SMART-1 Hall Effect Thruster Around the Moon: In Flight Experience, 12zz9koqsb – via SciSpace
^ "SMART-2 will pave the way for ESA's ambitious Darwin and LISA missions". European Space Agency. 18 February 2002.

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[ESA-16/11/2004-1] "Europe reaches the Moon!". European Space Agency. 16 November 2004.

[S0094576599001526-2] Giuseppe D. Racca (August–November 1999). "SMART 1: The first small mission for advanced research in technology". Acta Astronautica. Vol. 45, no. 4–9. pp. 337–345. S0094576599001526 – via Science Direct.

[12zz9koqsb-3] Christophe Koppel (31 December 2004), The SMART-1 Hall Effect Thruster Around the Moon: In Flight Experience, 12zz9koqsb – via SciSpace

[ESA-18/02/2002-4] "SMART-2 will pave the way for ESA's ambitious Darwin and LISA missions". European Space Agency. 18 February 2002.

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