Please select the most important facts for our LRO presentation and have ready for tomorrows class.
Websites
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc-browse
space.com
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Lro
Mission type:orbiter
Organisation:nasa
Sattalittes of:earth’s moon
Mass:1846kg
Power:1850w
Duration: LRO has a one-year exploration mission followed by a possible three-year science mission.
Mass: The total mass at launch is 1,916 kilograms (4,224 pounds). The dry mass is 1,018 kilograms (2,244 pounds), and fuel is 898 kilograms (1,980 pounds).
Power: Spacecraft power is 685 watts.
Dimensions: Stowed in the rocket (solar array and high-gain antenna folded up), LRO is 152 inches tall. LRO measures 103 inches from the instrument module to the stowed solar array and 108 inches from the stowed high-gain antenna to Mini-RF antenna. After launch, LRO’s deployed solar array is 168 inches × 126 inches. The three panels together are 168 inches wide and extend out from the spacecraft 126 inches. The deployed high-gain antenna extends out 102 inches.
Fine Pointing: The spacecraft maintains pointing control to 60 arc seconds.
olar Array: The spacecraft has articulated solar arrays and Li-ion battery.
Telemetry: Telemetry is Ka-band hi-rate downlink and S-band up/down low rate
Data Volume and Maximum Downlink Rate: The data volume is 461 Gb per day and downlink is 100 Mb per second.
Spacecraft Provider: The spacecraft was built by engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Orbit: The trip to the moon will take approximately four days. LRO will then enter an elliptical orbit, also called the commissioning orbit. From there, it will be moved into its final orbit — a circular polar orbit approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the moon’s surface.
LRO facts.
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Sept.15 LRO maneuvered into it’s 50 k m mapping orbit
he power of the L.R.O. is 685 watts
the project costs approxamently $500 million
the total mas at launch is 1916 kilograms
the L.R.O. is 152 inches tall
Duration: LRO has a one-year exploration mission followed by a possible three-year science mission.
Mass: The total mass at launch is 1,916 kilograms (4,224 pounds). The dry mass is 1,018 kilograms (2,244 pounds), and fuel is 898 kilograms (1,980 pounds).
Power: Spacecraft power is 685 watts.
Dimensions: Stowed in the rocket (solar array and high-gain antenna folded up), LRO is 152 inches tall. LRO measures 103 inches from the instrument module to the stowed solar array and 108 inches from the stowed high-gain antenna to Mini-RF antenna. After launch, LRO’s deployed solar array is 168 inches × 126 inches. The three panels together are 168 inches wide and extend out from the spacecraft 126 inches. The deployed high-gain antenna extends out 102 inches.
Fine Pointing: The spacecraft maintains pointing control to 60 arc seconds.
Solar Array: The spacecraft has articulated solar arrays and Li-ion battery.
Telemetry: Telemetry is Ka-band hi-rate downlink and S-band up/down low rate
Data Volume and Maximum Downlink Rate: The data volume is 461 Gb per day and downlink is 100 Mb per second.
Spacecraft Provider: The spacecraft was built by engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Orbit: The trip to the moon will take approximately four days. LRO will then enter an elliptical orbit, also called the commissioning orbit. From there, it will be moved into its final orbit — a circular polar orbit approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the moon’s surface.
Mission Operations Center: The Mission Operations Center (MOC) resides at NASA Goddard Space Flight in Greenbelt, Md. Engineers at Goddard will control the spacecraft after separation, during lunar orbit insertion, and for mission operations. The MOC flows raw data to principal investigators.
Planetary Data System: Principal investigators will deliver instrument data to the Planetary Data System within six months after initial operations. The Planetary Data System is a publicly accessible repository of science data for planetary missions.
Project Cost: The project’s life cost is approximately $500 million.
The instrument payload of LRO consists of seven scientific instruments from partner institutions around the nation and globe, including one instrument contributed by the Institute for Space Research in Moscow. These instruments will return lunar imagery, topography, temperatures, and more.
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Duration: LRO has a one-year exploration mission followed by a possible three-year science mission.
Stowed in the rocket (solar array and high-gain antenna folded up), LRO is 152 inches tall. LRO measures 103 inches from the instrument module to the stowed solar array and 108 inches from the stowed high-gain antenna to Mini-RF antenna
The spacecraft was built by engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
The trip to the moon will take approximately four days. LRO will then enter an elliptical orbit, also called the commissioning orbit. From there, it will be moved into its final orbit — a circular polar orbit approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the moon’s surface.
The instrument payload of LRO consists of seven scientific instruments from partner institutions around the nation and globe, including one instrument contributed by the Institute for Space Research in Moscow. These instruments will return lunar imagery, topography, temperatures, and more.
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Nasa sent the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), to gather crucial data on the lunar environment that will help astronauts prepare for long-duration lunar expeditions.
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Nasa sent the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), to gather crucial data on the lunar environment that will help astronauts prepare for long-duration lunar expeditions.
LRO will spend at least a year in a low polar orbit approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the lunar surface, while its seven instruments find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment and test new technology.
Several instruments that will help NASA characterize the moon’s surface have been installed on LRO. The powerful equipment will bring the moon into sharper focus and reveal new insights about the celestial body nearest Earth. The LRO payload, comprised of seven instruments, will provide key data sets to enable a human return to the moon.
LRO is leading NASA’s way back to the moon. The primary objective of LRO is to conduct investigations that prepare for future lunar exploration. Specifically LRO will scout for safe and compelling landing sites, locate potential resources (with special attention to the possibility of water ice) and characterize the effects of prolonged exposure to the lunar radiation environment. In addition to its exploration mission, LRO will also return rich scientific data that will help us to better understand the moon’s topography and composition. Seven scientific instruments outfit LRO. These instruments will return lunar imagery, topography, temperature measurements and more. Launched along with LRO was the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), a partner mission that will search for water ice on the moon. In response to LRO’s “Send Your Name to the Moon” initiative, the spacecraft carries a microchip with nearly 1.6 million names submitted by the public. Click here to view a photo of the microchip containing the names as engineers prepare to install it on the spacecraft.
Duration: LRO has a one-year exploration mission followed by a possible three-year science mission
Sept.15 LRO maneuvered into it’s 50 k m mapping orbit
Orbit: The trip to the moon will take approximately four days.
Project Cost: The project’s life cost is approximately $500 million