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LRO/LCROSS
Atlas V 401 · Planetary Science
Jun 18, 2009 · 21:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
LRO is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. Used to map the moon to identify safe landing sites, locating potential resources, characterizing the radiation environment and demonstrating new technologies. The LCROSS is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, also for NASA. A low cost satellite in order to confirm the existance of water in the southern lunar crater, Cabeus.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- ULA
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- NET precision
- Hour
- Data source
- LL2