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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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA program
lunar exploration program
country 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 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 D
linked to: Atlas-Agena
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 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 observedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
subject linked to: Baade lunar crater
Mare Imbrium vicinity observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Pavlov crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Chaplygin crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Fra Mauro formation mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Atlas-Agena notableMission Lunar Orbiter program
Atlas-Agena usedInProgram Lunar Orbiter program
Surveyor program relatedProgram Lunar Orbiter program
Tsiolkovskiy imagedBy Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Kirkwood crater observedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
Schwarzschild C mappingMissions Lunar Orbiter program
Schwarzschild M observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Schwarzschild K observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Lunar Orbiter program hasPart Lunar Orbiter 1
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Piazzi (lunar crater) observedBy Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
subject linked to: lunar crater Piazzi
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Gay-Lussac (lunar crater) isImagedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Galle (lunar crater) observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: lunar crater Galle
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Milankovic (lunar crater) observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: crater Milankovic on the Moon
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Hale U mappedBy Lunar Orbiter program
Mare Serenitatis mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Moltke observedByMission Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Ritter observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Mendeleev observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: crater Mendeleev on the Moon
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Mare Fecunditatis mappedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
Mare Nectaris studiedByMission Lunar Orbiter program
Mare Crisium hasOrbitalImageryFrom Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Imbrium Basin ejecta zone mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Cassini (lunar crater) observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: Cassini crater on the Moon
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Apollo missions (far-side imaging) precededBy Lunar Orbiter program imaging
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Gagarin crater system observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Rosseland (lunar crater) observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: Rosseland Crater on the Moon
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Amundsen crater hasObservationBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Levi-Civita J mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Levi-Civita R observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Levi-Civita W observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Aitken crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Apennine Mountains (Moon) mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Montes Carpatus imagedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Montes Caucasus observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Montes Alpes mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Montes Alpes mappedBy Apollo missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Hertzsprung observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: lunar crater Hertzsprung
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Ocean of Storms mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
subject linked to: Ocean of Storms on Moon
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Sea of Knowledge hasOrbitalImageryFrom Lunar Orbiter program
Tsiolkovskiy D mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Krafft crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Tsiolkovskiy K observedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Fra Mauro crater observedBy Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Hubble L hasImagingSource Lunar Orbiter missions
linked to: Lunar Orbiter program
Ranger lunar probe program followedBy Lunar Orbiter program