The mission would involve a lunar orbiter that DLR intended to build and launch in 2012 to map the lunar surface. It would be the first German mission to the Moon and the first European mission to the Moon since SMART-1.
DLR planned to construct and launch a lunar orbiter in 2012, which was intended to map the lunar surface. This mission would represent Germany’s first exploration of the Moon and the latest European effort following SMART-1.