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LCROSS Centaur upper stage

Excavated water-ice plume in a PSR.

Coordinates
-84.68, -48.71 (positive-east)
Era
B (1990-2019)
Parent mission
LCROSS
Role
impactor (spent stage)
Operator
NASA
Nation
USA
Launched (UTC)
2009-06-18
Reached Moon (UTC)
2009-10-09 impact
Event type
impactor
Outcome
success
Site
Cabeus crater
Coordinate note
CONTESTED: 84.68S/48.71W (radar) vs 84.72S/49.61W (trajectory)
Left on surface
spent Centaur stage debris
Returned material
none
Current status
impacted
Operational status (derived)
inactive
Source grade
primary

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