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Atlas V 401
This page records Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LRO is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. Used to map the moon to identify safe landing sites, locating potential resources, characterizing the radiation environment and demonstrating new technologies. The LCROSS is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, also for NASA. A low cost satellite in order to confirm the existance of water in the southern lunar crater, Cabeus.
Published configuration and flight history.
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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