NASA NTRS · 20230010952
Long-Term Orbit Operations for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Abstract
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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Michael A Mesarch. Long-Term Orbit Operations for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230010952
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