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Lunar Prospector
Lunar mapping.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar mapping. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1998-001; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 January 1998, 02:28:44 UTC
- Launch location
- Spaceport Florida, Cape Canaveral
- Launch vehicle
- Athena-2
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Lockheed Martin Athena II rocket launched the Lunar Prospector mission on Wednesday, January 7, 1998 at 2:28 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Vehicle
- Athena II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1998-001
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jan 7, 1998, 02:28 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jan 07 1998
- Pad and location
- SLC-46, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 31 July 1999
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Lunar Prospector
Lunar mapping.
- GCAT ID
- S25131
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale
- Launch mass
- 296 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.2 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Lunar Prospector.
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