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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon
Details
- Instance of
- lunar orbiter
- Operator
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- apoapsis
- 107 km
- carries scientific instrument
- Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation, Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project, Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector, Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Mini-RF
- epoch
- February 24, 2024
- height
- 3.86 m
- launch contractor
- United Launch Alliance
- length
- 2.62 m
- manufacturer
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- mass
- 1916, 1018
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0094
- parent astronomical body
- Moon
- payload mass
- 92.6
- periapsis
- 73 km
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array, lithium-ion battery
- service entry
- 15 September 2009
- significant event
- rocket launch, orbital activity, service entry
- space launch vehicle
- Atlas V 401
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
- topic's main category
- Category:Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- type of orbit
- polar orbit
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 18 June 2009
- width
- 2.74 m
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