June 27, 2009

LRO in commissioning orbit

At 8:34am EDT today LRO initiated LOI-5 which was a 230.8 second burn (36 m/s). This placed LRO in a 31 x 199 km 90.2 degree inclination polar orbit. Tomorrow LRO will transition from solar-inertial pointing to lunar nadir pointing and begin spacecraft commissioning activities.

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