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== Smart-1 Mission Phases ==

* Launch and Early Orbit Phase: Launch on 27 September 2003, initial orbit 7,029 x 42263&nbsp;km.
* Van Allen Belt Escape: Continuous thrust strategy to raise the perigee radius. Escape phase completed by 22 December 2003, orbit 20000 x 63427&nbsp;km.
* Earth Escape Cruise: Thrust around perigee only to raise the apogee radius.
* Moon resonances and Capture: Trajectory assists by means of Moon resonances. Moon capture on 15 November 2004 at 310,000&nbsp;km from the Earth and 90,000&nbsp;km from the Moon.
* Lunar Descent: Thrust used to lower the orbit, operational orbit 2,200 x 4,600&nbsp;km.
* Lunar Science: Until the end of lifetime in September 2006, interrupted only by a one-month re-boost phase in September 2005 to optimize the lunar orbit.
* Orbit re-boost: Phase in June/July 2006 using the attitude thrusters to adjust the impact date and time.
* Moon Impact: Operations from July 2006 until the impact on 3 September 2006.

The full mission phases from the operations perspective is documented in<ref name=":12">{{Citation |last=Camino|first=Octavio |title=English: Smart-1 Operations Report (O.Camino et al) |date=10 February 2020 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCSGSO_SMART-1_-_Europe%27s_Lunar_Mission_-_Octavio_Camino_(114381).pdf |via=commons.wikimedia.org |access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> including the performance of the different subsystems.