Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter was Boeing's five-spacecraft lunar-mapping design for NASA and Langley Research Center. The film-processing orbiters photographed potential Apollo landing sites, completed broad near- and far-side surveys, and supplied precision tracking data that improved knowledge of the Moon's gravity field.
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Identity
- Aliases
- NASA Lunar OrbiterLunar Orbiter seriesBoeing Lunar Orbiter
- Family Name
- Lunar Orbiter
- Full Name
- Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Lunar Orbiter was Boeing's five-spacecraft lunar-mapping design for NASA and Langley Research Center. The film-processing orbiters photographed potential Apollo landing sites, completed broad near- and far-side surveys, and supplied precision tracking data that improved knowledge of the Moon's gravity field.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 1.6
- Width M
- 1.5
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 18:19:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 18:19:30 UTC