Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite : mission et cibles

Début du projet

18 juin 2009

Fin déclarée

9 octobre 2009

Le début que l’archive déclare est celui du projet, pas le lancement, et une fin qu’elle ne déclare pas ne veut pas dire que la mission est toujours en cours.

Cibles à ouvrir en 3D :

• Lune

Une cible déclarée est ce sous quoi l’archive range les données de la mission, pas un relevé d’observation.

LCROSS launched as a secondary payload with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on June 18, 2009. After trans-lunar injection, LRO separated and performed its mission. The LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft (SSC) remained attached to the spent Atlas upper stage, called the Centaur. Over 112 days, the Shepherding Spacecraft adjusted the Centaur's course to bring it to an impact within the Cabeus Crater near the South Pole of the moon. It impacted on October 9, 2009. LCROSS used the Centaur as a 2300 kg kinetic impactor with more than 200 times the energy of the Lunar Prospector (LP) impact to excavate more than 250 metric tons of lunar regolith. The resulting ejecta cloud was observed from a number of Lunar-orbital and Earth-based assets, and the LCROSS spacecraft. After releasing the Centaur, the SSC flew toward the impact plume, sending real-time data to characterize the morphology, evolution and composition of the plume with a suite of cameras and spectrometers. The SSC then became a 700 kg impactor itself, providing a second opportunity to study the nature of the Lunar Regolith.

Citée en anglais, telle que l’archive la publie, lue le 4 octobre 2026.

Identifiant dans l’archive, qui en est la citation : urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.lunar_crater_observation_and_sensing_satellite

NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates et cibles lues le 29 septembre 2026 ; comment citer l’archive : https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/

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