Lunar Orbiter 5

Lunar Orbiter 5
Replica of a Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Mission typeLunar orbiter
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1967-075A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.2907
Websitescience.nasa.gov
Mission duration5 months, 30 days
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerLangley Research Center
Launch mass385.6 kg (850 lb)[1]
Dimensions3.72 × 1.65 × 1.5 m (12.2 × 5.4 × 4.9 ft)[2]
Power375 watts[2]
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 1, 1967, 22:32:00 (1967-08-01UTC22:32Z) UTC
RocketAtlas SLV-3 Agena-D
Launch siteCape Canaveral LC-13
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay dateJanuary 31, 1968, 07:58:08 (1968-01-31UTC07:58:09) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemSelenocentric
Semi-major axis4,846.8 km (3,011.7 mi)
Eccentricity0.26
Periselene altitude194.5 km (120.9 mi)
Aposelene altitude6,023 km (3,743 mi)
Inclination85 degrees
Period510.08 minutes
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertionAugust 5, 1967
Impact site2°47′S 83°01′W / 02.79°S 83.01°W / -02.79; -83.01
Orbits1,380
Transponders
Frequency2295 MHz[2]

Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the "Lunar Orbiter series",[7] was designed to take additional Apollo and Surveyor landing site photography and to take broad survey images of unphotographed parts of the Moon's far side. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid impact data and was used to evaluate the Manned Space Flight Network tracking stations and Apollo Orbit Determination Program.

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