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§ Historical recordLCROSS 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
Primary source