Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar mapper. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1966-100; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 6 November 1966, 23:21:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 11 October 1967
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar mapper.
- GCAT ID
- S02534
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Launch mass
- 380 kg
- Propulsion
- R-4D
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 2 m diameter · 5.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Lunar Orbiter 2.
Verification
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