Lunar Orbiter 2

Lunar Orbiter 2
	Replica of a Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Mission type	Lunar orbiter
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1966-100A
SATCAT no.	2534
Website	science.nasa.gov
Mission duration	11 months, 5 days
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Langley Research Center
Launch mass	385.6 kg (850 lb)
Dimensions	3.72 × 1.65 × 1.5 m (12.2 × 5.4 × 4.9 ft)
Power	375 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	November 6, 1966, 23:21:00 UTC
Rocket	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-13
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	October 11, 1967, 07:12:54 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Semi-major axis	2,694 km (1,674 mi)
Eccentricity	0.35
Periselene altitude	1,790 km (1,110 mi)
Aposelene altitude	3,598 km (2,236 mi)
Inclination	11.9 degrees
Period	208.07 minutes
Epoch	November 9, 1966, 19:00:00 UTC
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertion	November 10, 1966
Impact site	3°00′N 119°06′E / 3.0°N 119.1°E
Orbits	2,346
Transponders
Frequency	2295 MHz
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Instruments
-	Cesium Iodide Dosimeters
-	Lunar Photographic Studies
-	Meteoroid Detectors
-	Selenodesy
	Lunar Orbiter program ← Lunar Orbiter 1 Lunar Orbiter 3 →

The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft mission, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program,^[8] was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification 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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