Altair (spacecraft)
Planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Altair spacecraft, previously known as the Lunar Surface Access Module or LSAM, was the planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Constellation program. Astronauts would have used the spacecraft for landings on the Moon, which was intended to begin around 2019. The Altair spacecraft was planned to be used both for lunar sortie and lunar outpost missions.[1]
This article is about the Lunar lander. For the communication satellites, see Luch (satellite).
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Names | Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM) |
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Operator | NASA |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Lander |
Launch mass | 45,864 kg (101,113 lb) |
Payload mass | 14,500 kg (32,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Rocket | Ares V |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Selenocentric |
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On February 1, 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a proposal to cancel the Constellation program (except the Orion spacecraft), to be replaced with a re-scoped program, effective with the U.S. 2011 fiscal year budget.[2]