Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology, abbreviated SMART, was a European Space Agency programme for building technology demonstrator space probes and testing them in space. SMART-1 tested electric propulsion with Hall-effect thrusters and also served as a lunar probe. SMART-2, better known as LISA Pathfinder, tested formation flying of multiple satellites and the precision laser measurement needed for a future gravitational wave detector. SMART-3 and SMART-4 were planned with design deadlines in 2006 and 2009 respectively but were never fulfilled, so the programme produced two flown missions.
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Mission Type (category)Robotic / Uncrewed Mission 1 Connections
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Source Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (Wikipedia)
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1. Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (Wikipedia)
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technology demonstrator space probes
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building technology demonstrator space probes
Operated By: European Space Agency, Lead, first paragraph
was a European Space Agency programme
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