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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched on June 18, 2009 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jun 19, 2009).
COSPAR 2009-031ANORAD 35315United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Payload designation
- LRO
- International designator
- 2009-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 35315
- GCAT identifier
- S35315
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/573
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- NASA Lunar
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- LRO
Launch
- Date
- June 18, 2009 · 21:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-031Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 194 km
- Apogee
- 353,700 km
- Inclination
- 28.20°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- June 19, 2009
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,916 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,018 kg
- Length
- 3.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.60 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00885
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- June 22, 2009
- Phase outcome
- Entered orbit around the target · June 23, 2009
- Destination
- Luna
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2009 | Earth | Jun 22, 2009 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Jun 23, 2009 | Luna | — | In orbit | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q331778 (CC0).