LRO characterizes the lunar radiation environment, biological impacts, and potential mitigation, determines a geodetic grid of the Moon, assesses the resources and environments of the Moon’s polar regions, and provides imagery of the Moon’s surface.Launch: June 2009Operating Network: Deep Space Network, Near Space Network
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) characterizes the lunar radiation environment, biological impacts, and potential mitigation, determines a high-resolution global geodetic grid of the Moon in three dimensions, assesses in detail the resources and environments of the Moon’s polar cap regions, and provides high spatial resolution imagery of the Moon’s surface.
Launch: June 2009Operating Network: Deep Space Network, Near Space Network
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