Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS
United Launch Alliance · Atlas V 401 · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United Launch Alliance's 29th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 4,987th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 18, 21:32 – Jun 18, 21:32 UTC
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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.
Planetary Science · Lunar Orbit (LO)
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- LRO\LCROSS launch 06 18 09 — NASA
Pad — Space Launch Complex 41
Local pad time: Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT
125 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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