A sonda Lunar Prospector foi lançada há 26 anos

Lunar Prospector
Mission type	Lunar orbiter
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1998-001A
SATCAT no.	25131
Mission duration	570 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LM-100
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	295 kilograms (650 lb)
Dry mass	126 kilograms (278 lb)
Power	202.0 W
Start of mission
Launch date	January 7, 1998, 02:28:44 UTC
Rocket	Athena II
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-46
Contractor	Lockheed Martin Space Systems
End of mission
Decay date	July 31, 1999, 09:52:02 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Eccentricity	0.00046
Periselene altitude	99.45 kilometers (61.80 mi)
Aposelene altitude	101.2 kilometers (62.9 mi)
Inclination	90.55 degrees
Period	117.9 minutes
Epoch	January 16, 1998[1]
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertion	January 11, 1998, 10:28 UTC
Impact site	87.7°S 42.1°E
Orbits	~7060
Instruments
Gamma ray spectrometer (GRS) Lunar Prospector neutron spectrometer (NS) Alpha particle spectrometer (APS) Doppler gravity experiment (DGE) Magnetometer (MAG) Electron reflectometer (ER)
Official insignia of the Lunar Prospector mission

 

   

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole after the presence of water ice was successfully detected.

Data from the mission allowed the construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and helped to improve understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. Several articles on the scientific results were published in the journal Science.

Lunar Prospector was managed by NASA Ames Research Center with the prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Principal Investigator for the mission was Alan Binder. His personal account of the mission, Lunar Prospector: Against all Odds, is highly critical of the bureaucracy of NASA overall, and of its contractors.

 

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A Lunar Prospector foi lançada há vinte e cinco anos

   

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole after the presence of water ice was successfully detected.

Data from the mission allowed the construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and helped to improve understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. Several articles on the scientific results were published in the journal Science.

Lunar Prospector was managed by NASA Ames Research Center with the prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Principal Investigator for the mission was Alan Binder. His personal account of the mission, Lunar Prospector: Against all Odds, is highly critical of the bureaucracy of NASA overall, and of its contractors.

   

Lunar Prospector

Lunar Prospector
Mission type	Lunar orbiter
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1998-001A
SATCAT no.	25131
Mission duration	570 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LM-100
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	295 kilograms (650 lb)
Dry mass	126 kilograms (278 lb)
Power	202.0 W
Start of mission
Launch date	January 7, 1998, 02:28:44 UTC
Rocket	Athena II
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-46
Contractor	Lockheed Martin Space Systems
End of mission
Decay date	July 31, 1999, 09:52:02 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Eccentricity	0.00046
Periselene altitude	99.45 kilometers (61.80 mi)
Aposelene altitude	101.2 kilometers (62.9 mi)
Inclination	90.55 degrees
Period	117.9 minutes
Epoch	January 16, 1998[1]
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertion	January 11, 1998, 10:28 UTC
Impact site	87.7°S 42.1°E
Orbits	~7060
Instruments
Gamma ray spectrometer (GRS) Lunar Prospector neutron spectrometer (NS) Alpha particle spectrometer (APS) Doppler gravity experiment (DGE) Magnetometer (MAG) Electron reflectometer (ER)
Official insignia of the Lunar Prospector mission

  

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A sonda Lunar Prospector foi lançada há vinte e quatro anos

   

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole after the presence of water ice was successfully detected.

Data from the mission allowed the construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and helped to improve understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. Several articles on the scientific results were published in the journal Science.

Lunar Prospector was managed by NASA Ames Research Center with the prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Principal Investigator for the mission was Alan Binder. His personal account of the mission, Lunar Prospector: Against all Odds, is highly critical of the bureaucracy of NASA overall, and of its contractors.

   

Lunar Prospector

Lunar Prospector
Mission type	Lunar orbiter
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1998-001A
SATCAT no.	25131
Mission duration	570 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LM-100
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	295 kilograms (650 lb)
Dry mass	126 kilograms (278 lb)
Power	202.0 W
Start of mission
Launch date	January 7, 1998, 02:28:44 UTC
Rocket	Athena II
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-46
Contractor	Lockheed Martin Space Systems
End of mission
Decay date	July 31, 1999, 09:52:02 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Eccentricity	0.00046
Periselene altitude	99.45 kilometers (61.80 mi)
Aposelene altitude	101.2 kilometers (62.9 mi)
Inclination	90.55 degrees
Period	117.9 minutes
Epoch	January 16, 1998[1]
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertion	January 11, 1998, 10:28 UTC
Impact site	87.7°S 42.1°E
Orbits	~7060
Instruments
Gamma ray spectrometer (GRS) Lunar Prospector neutron spectrometer (NS) Alpha particle spectrometer (APS) Doppler gravity experiment (DGE) Magnetometer (MAG) Electron reflectometer (ER)
Official insignia of the Lunar Prospector mission

  

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A sonda Lunar Prospector foi lançada há 23 anos

   

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole after the presence of water ice was successfully detected.

Data from the mission allowed the construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and helped to improve understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. Several articles on the scientific results were published in the journal Science.

Lunar Prospector was managed by NASA Ames Research Center with the prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Principal Investigator for the mission was Alan Binder. His personal account of the mission, Lunar Prospector: Against all Odds, is highly critical of the bureaucracy of NASA overall, and of its contractors.

   

  

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A sonda Lunar Prospector foi lançada há vinte anos

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole after the presence of water ice was successfully detected.

Data from the mission allowed the construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and helped to improve understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. Several articles on the scientific results were published in the journal Science.

Lunar Prospector was managed by NASA Ames Research Center with the prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Principal Investigator for the mission was Alan Binder. His personal account of the mission, Lunar Prospector: Against all Odds, is highly critical of the bureaucracy of NASA overall, and of its contractors.

 

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