Lunar Orbiter program

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The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of 1960s NASA robotic missions that photographed and mapped the Moon’s surface in preparation for the Apollo landings.

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Lunar Orbiter missions 6
Lunar Orbiter program canonical 6
Lunar Orbiter 1 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA program
lunar exploration program
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataFormat analog image data transmitted to Earth
endTime 1967
fieldOfWork lunar science
planetary cartography
firstLaunchDate 1966-08-10
followedBy Apollo program
Surveyor program
hasPart Lunar Orbiter program self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lunar Orbiter 1

Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar Orbiter 3
Lunar Orbiter 4
Lunar Orbiter 5
heritage contributed to modern lunar cartographic standards
imageAcquisitionMethod film-based imaging system
imageCoverage about 99 percent of the lunar near side
significant portions of the lunar far side
imageResolution up to about 1 meter on the lunar surface
imageTransmissionMethod onboard film development and scanning
lastLaunchDate 1967-08-01
launchVehicle Atlas-Agena
surface form: Atlas-Agena D
locationOfControlCenter Langley Research Center
notableAchievement identified safe landing sites for Apollo missions
returned thousands of lunar images
notableWork first comprehensive photographic atlas of the Moon
numberOfMissions 5
operator NASA
orbitType lunar orbit
parentOrganization Langley Research Center
surface form: NASA Langley Research Center
precededBy Ranger program
programType robotic lunar reconnaissance
purpose photographic mapping of the Moon
selection of Apollo landing sites
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType uncrewed lunar orbiter
startTime 1964
status completed
target Moon
timePeriod 1960s
usedFor assessment of micrometeoroid environment
radiation environment measurements
topographic mapping of the lunar surface

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Baade lunar crater observedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
subject surface form: Baade
Mare Imbrium vicinity observedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Pavlov crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Chaplygin crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Fra Mauro formation mappedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Atlas-Agena notableMission Lunar Orbiter program
Atlas-Agena usedInProgram Lunar Orbiter program
Surveyor program relatedProgram Lunar Orbiter program
Tsiolkovskiy imagedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Kirkwood crater observedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
Schwarzschild C mappingMissions Lunar Orbiter program
Schwarzschild M observedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Schwarzschild K observedBy Lunar Orbiter program
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter missions
Lunar Orbiter program hasPart Lunar Orbiter program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lunar Orbiter 1