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2009 · United Launch Alliance

LRO/LCROSS

successAtlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS

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.

Overview

Date / time
June 18, 2009 at 09:32 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Mission
LRO/LCROSS
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit achieved
Lunar Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 401 →
Launch provider
United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 2

LCROSS
Lunar
LRO
Lunar