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SuccessLRO/LCROSS · United Launch Alliance
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Jun 18, 2009, 21:32 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Jun 18, 2009, 21:32 UTC – Thursday, Jun 18, 2009, 21:32 UTC
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
LRO/LCROSS
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
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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