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§ Historical recordLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Continuous high-res mapping since 2009.
- Era
- B (1990-2019)
- Parent mission
- LRO
- Role
- orbiter
- Operator
- NASA
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 2009-06-18
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 2009-06-23 orbit
- Event type
- orbiter
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Orbiter
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- ACTIVE in orbit
- Operational status (derived)
- active_powered
- Source grade
- primary
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