Lunar Orbiter 3
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The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967 as part of the Lunar Orbiter Program.[3] It was designed primarily to photograph areas of the lunar surface for confirmation of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid impact data.
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Mission type | Lunar orbiter |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1967-008A |
SATCAT no. | 2666 |
Mission duration | 246 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Langley Research Center |
Launch mass | 385.6 kilograms (850 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 5, 1967, 01:17:01 (1967-02-05UTC01:17:01Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-13 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | October 9, 1967 (1967-10-10) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Selenocentric |
Semi-major axis | 2,694 kilometers (1,674 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.33 |
Periselene altitude | 1,791 kilometers (1,113 mi) |
Aposelene altitude | 3,598 kilometers (2,236 mi) |
Inclination | 20.9 degrees |
Period | 208.1 minutes |
Epoch | February 7, 1967, 19:00:00 UTC[2] |
Lunar orbiter | |
Orbital insertion | February 8, 1967, 21:54 UTC |
Impact site | 14.3°N 97.7°W / 14.3; -97.7 |
Orbits | 1,702 |
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