The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been operating for 14 years at the Moon after it was launched on its original one-year mission on June 18, 2009. Along with the unprecedented scientific record, operating LRO has revealed many significant factors re-lated to orbit operations that can be used when designing future low-lunar orbit missions. Among other things, these factors include maintaining a low-lunar orbit, applications of a frozen orbit, observing a drift in the orbit inclination, compensating operations to survive through long lunar eclipses, and developing inventive new ways to execute maneuvers.


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    Title :

    Long-Term Orbit Operations for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter


    Contributors:
    M. Mesarch (author)

    Publication date :

    2023


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English