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United Launch AllianceLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceAtlas V 401
Launched 2009-06-18 21:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Lunar Orbit
Worldwide
33rd
orbital launch attempt in 2009
United Launch Alliance
7th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
75 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2006 · CEO Mark Peller
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Launches
175
Successful
175
100%
Upcoming
72
scheduled
Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
9,050kg
Liftoff thrust
3,827kN
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