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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/...log?sc=LUNARRO Some projected info: Launch Date: 2008-10-01 On-orbit Dry Mass: 500 kg 1000 kg with fuel. Likely launch vehicle Delta II. The mission is expected to last for one year in a 30 - 50 km altitude lunar polar orbit. The total budget for the mission from development through first year operations is $90 million. Also check out this page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...r_20041222.txt for a description of these instruments: Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Measurement Investigation Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation |
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Douglas Holmes wrote: Also check out this page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...r_20041222.txt for a description of these instruments: Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Measurement Investigation Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation Another possibility: http://space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_050131.html NASA and NRO to Team-Up on Lunar Spacecraft By Jeremy Singer Space News Staff Writer The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and NASA have agreed to cooperate on the development of a lunar spacecraft intended as the first shot in a series of robotic probes paving the way for future human exploration missions, according to an NRO official. NASA and the NRO signed an agreement in November to work together on the payload for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with the hope that the technology from that effort can be applied to a military satellite expected to be launched around the same timeframe, said Pedro "Pete" Rustan, director of advanced science and technology at the NRO. The cooperation will focus on developing a miniature synthetic aperture radar sensor that the lunar probe will use to develop detailed maps of the Moon's surface, Rustan said in a Jan. 25 interview. The lunar probe is expected to begin its mission, which will run over the course of a year, in 2008. The Pentagon is planning to launch the fourth in a series of small spacecraft known as TacSat or Joint Warfighter spacecraft that year. While the Pentagon has not finalized the payload for that spacecraft, the NRO hopes to place a small synthetic aperture sensor on the satellite, Rustan said. |
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