MAN MADE OBJECTS ORBITING THE MOON

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 IDname typemissionquantitydry mass (kg)statusdate/epoch (UTC)
1990-007BHAGOROMOMicrosatellite lunar orbiterHITEN, MUSES-A18LOS, defunct, probably in heliocentric orbit or crashed on the surfaceMarch 18, 1990
1990-007BKM-LBooster (insertion)HITEN, MUSES-A14fixed to the probeMarch 18, 1990
2007-004BTHEMIS B (TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS-B), THEMIS-P1, MIDEX-5B, ARTEMIS P1Scientific probeEXPLORER 86177activeJune 27, 2011
2007-004CTHEMIS C (TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS-C), THEMIS-P2, MIDEX-5C, ARTEMIS P2Scientific probeEXPLORER 87177activeJuly 17, 2011
2008-052ACHANDRAYAAN-1Lunar orbiterCHANDRAYAAN-11523EOM, defunct, probably crashed on the surfaceAugust 28, 2009
2009-031ALUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, LROLunar orbiterLRO-LCROSS11018activeJune 23, 2009
2014-065ADFH-3A FTD (FLIGHT TEST VEHICULE)Lunar service moduleCHANG'E 5-T111150EOM, defunctDecember 15, 2020
2019-042ACHANDRAYAAN-2 OC (ORBITER CRAFT)Lunar orbiterCHANDRAYAAN-21682activeAugust 20, 2019
2020-087AGUIDAO QILunar service moduleCHANG'E 51900active, lunar DRO (Distant Retrograde Orbit), probably in heliocentric orbitJanuary 16, 2022
2022-070ACAPSTONE (CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT)Lunar orbiter (12U CubeSat)CAPSTONE125active, lunar NRHO (Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit)July 4, 2022
2022-094AKPLO (KOREA PATHFINDER LUNAR ORBITER°Lunar orbiterDANURI1550activeDecember 17, 2022
2024-048DRO-ALunar orbiterDRO-A/B1650activeAugust 20, 2024
2024-048DRO-BLunar orbiterDRO-A/B1650activeAugust 20, 2024
2024-051AQUEQIAO-2 RELAY SATELLITE, CAST 2000 BUSLunar orbiterQUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE1712activeMarch 24, 2024
2024-051CTIANDU-1Lunar orbiter (CubeSat)QUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE161activeMarch 24, 2024
2024-051DTIANDU-2Lunar orbiter (CubeSat)QUEQIAO-2, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE115activeMarch 24, 2024
2024-083GICUBE-Q (ICUBE-QAMAR, SJTU SIYUAN 2)Lunar orbiter (CubeSat)CHANG'E 616.5activeMay 8, 2024