Non-exhaustive list of artificial objects that are currently orbiting the Moon. It is not precisely known whether some of them have already decayed or not.
Estimated number of artificial objects: 17
Estimated total mass: 7.1 tons
COSPAR ID | name | type | mission | quantity | dry mass (kg) | status | date/epoch (UTC) |
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1990-007B | HAGOROMO | Microsatellite lunar orbiter | HITEN, MUSES-A | 1 | 8 | LOS, defunct, probably in heliocentric orbit or crashed on the surface | March 18, 1990 |
1990-007B | KM-L | Booster (insertion) | HITEN, MUSES-A | 1 | 4 | fixed to the probe | March 18, 1990 |
2007-004B | THEMIS B (TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS-B), THEMIS-P1, MIDEX-5B, ARTEMIS P1 | Scientific probe | EXPLORER 86 | 1 | 77 | active | June 27, 2011 |
2007-004C | THEMIS C (TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS-C), THEMIS-P2, MIDEX-5C, ARTEMIS P2 | Scientific probe | EXPLORER 87 | 1 | 77 | active | July 17, 2011 |
2008-052A | CHANDRAYAAN-1 | Lunar orbiter | CHANDRAYAAN-1 | 1 | 523 | EOM, defunct, probably crashed on the surface | August 28, 2009 |
2009-031A | LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, LRO | Lunar orbiter | LRO-LCROSS | 1 | 1018 | active | June 23, 2009 |
2014-065A | DFH-3A FTD (FLIGHT TEST VEHICULE) | Lunar service module | CHANG'E 5-T1 | 1 | 1150 | EOM, defunct | December 15, 2020 |
2019-042A | CHANDRAYAAN-2 OC (ORBITER CRAFT) | Lunar orbiter | CHANDRAYAAN-2 | 1 | 682 | active | August 20, 2019 |
2020-087A | GUIDAO QI | Lunar service module | CHANG'E 5 | 1 | 900 | active, lunar DRO (Distant Retrograde Orbit), probably in heliocentric orbit | January 16, 2022 |
2022-070A | CAPSTONE (CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT) | Lunar orbiter (12U CubeSat) | CAPSTONE | 1 | 25 | active, lunar NRHO (Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit) | July 4, 2022 |
2022-094A | KPLO (KOREA PATHFINDER LUNAR ORBITER° | Lunar orbiter | DANURI | 1 | 550 | active | December 17, 2022 |
2024-048 | DRO-A | Lunar orbiter | DRO-A/B | 1 | 650 | active | August 20, 2024 |
2024-048 | DRO-B | Lunar orbiter | DRO-A/B | 1 | 650 | active | August 20, 2024 |
2024-051A | QUEQIAO-2 RELAY SATELLITE, CAST 2000 BUS | Lunar orbiter | QUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE | 1 | 712 | active | March 24, 2024 |
2024-051C | TIANDU-1 | Lunar orbiter (CubeSat) | QUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE | 1 | 61 | active | March 24, 2024 |
2024-051D | TIANDU-2 | Lunar orbiter (CubeSat) | QUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE | 1 | 15 | active | March 24, 2024 |
2024-083G | ICUBE-Q (ICUBE-QAMAR, SJTU SIYUAN 2) | Lunar orbiter (CubeSat) | CHANG'E 6 | 1 | 6.5 | active | May 8, 2024 |