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'''TransOrbital''' is a [[California]]-based company which became the first [[Privately held company|private company]] granted permission by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] to explore, photograph, and land on the Moon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0129_030129_TransOrbital.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413162700/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0129_030129_TransOrbital.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2003|title=National Geographic News|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=February 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2249064.stm|title=BBC: Moon opens for business|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=February 21, 2011|date=September 10, 2002}}</ref> The company has been covered in over 2,000 news articles worldwide, and announced a sponsorship agreement with [[Hewlett-Packard]] in 2003. The company planned to launch the TrailBlazer lunar orbiter, which was proposed as the first privately-financed science mission to the [[Moon]]. The Trailblazer will provide live streaming video of the entire mission, pictures of Earth from space, detailed maps of the full Moon surface, photographs of Apollo landing sites including [[Apollo 11]], the dramatic ''[[Earthrise]]''; video and a mission ending live HDTV video broadcast of the spacecraft as it "Barn-Storms" over the lunar terrain during its voyage.<br />
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TransOrbital launched a test [[spacecraft]] named '''Trailblazer''' (also Trailblazer 2, TrailBlazer Test, COSPAR 2002-058E, SATCAT 27609) into orbit in 2002 aboard a [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] launch vehicle. The [[satellite]] is a {{Cvt|420|kg||abbr=}} test article that orbits the Earth every 97 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=27609&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET|title=Orbital Elements for Trailblazer Satellite|publisher=Heavens Above Orbit Tracking|accessdate=February 21, 2011}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.transorbital.net/bluespartan/index.php Official website]<br />
*[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/moon.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set= Wired Magazine: The Race Back to the Moon] <br />
*[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/09/13/moon.venture/index.html CNN: Private Moon venture given U.S. clearance]<br />
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[[Category:Private spaceflight companies]]<br />
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