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LCROSS - Lunar Crater
Observation and Sensing Satellite
LCROSS was launched as a secondary payload with the
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on June 18, 2009.
After LRO separated to perform its mission, LCROSS used
the spent Atlas upper stage, called the Centaur, to
impact the moon while LCROSS instruments observed the
resulting ejecta cloud. The LCROSS shepherding
spacecraft then became an impactor itself. Many
Earth-based telescopes observed both impacts on October
9, 2009.
LCROSS archives in PDS include data from
the LCROSS instruments and from selected
Earth-based observations sponsored by the
LCROSS Project.
LCROSS Mission Description
Geosciences Node Tools
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LCROSS Analyst's Notebook
The
Notebook is a convenient way to
browse, display and download
LCROSS spacecraft data.
Similar capabilities for Earth-based
data sets will soon be added. |
Instruments and Archives
Spacecraft Instruments
Follow links to descriptions |
PDS
Archives |
LCROSS Spacecraft
MIR-1,
MIR-2 (Mid-Infrared Cameras
1 and 2)
NIR-1,
NIR-2 (Near-Infrared Cameras 1
and 2)
NSP-1,
NSP-2 (Near-Infrared
Spectrometers 1 and 2)
TLP (Total Luminance
Photometer)
VIS (Visible Camera)
VSP
(Visible Spectrometer)
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LCROSS Spacecraft Archives (all instruments),
raw and calibrated data
LCROSS Data Product Software
Interface Specification,
primary documentation for the
spacecraft-based archives |
Earth-based Facilities
Follow links to descriptions |
PDS Archives |
Apache Point Observatory, NM
ARC 3.5m telescope
Agile Imager |
Agile raw data |
Magdalena Ridge Observatory, NM
2.4m telescope
PHOTDOC,
PHOTGJON cameras |
PHOTDOC raw data
PHOTGJON raw data |
MMT Observatory, AZ
6.5m telescope
CCD47 and
CLIO cameras |
CCD47 raw data
CLIO raw data
CLIO calibrated data |
In preparation:
Mauna Kea Observatory,
HI
Gemini North 8.1m telescope
NIFS
spectrometer,
NIRI imager/spectrometer,
GMOS spectrograph,
Acquisition Camera |
Gemini raw data
Gemini calibrated data |
In preparation:
Mauna Kea Observatory,
HI
IRTF 3.0m telescope
SPEX
spectrograph/imager |
SPEX raw data |
In preparation:
W. M. Keck Observatory,
HI
Keck II 10m telescope
NIRSPEC
spectrograph |
NIRSPEC raw data |
Publications
Locating the LCROSS Impact Craters
William Marshall, Mark Shirley, Zachary
Moratto, Anthony Colaprete and Gregory
Neumann, et al. (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9765-0
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies,
Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Jennifer L. Heldmann, Anthony Colaprete,
Diane H. Wooden, Robert F. Ackermann and
David D. Acton, et al. (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9759-y
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite (LCROSS) Payload Development and
Performance in Flight
Kimberly
Ennico, Mark Shirley, Anthony Colaprete and
Leonid Osetinsky (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9753-4
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