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The spacecraft will be placed in low polar orbit (50 km) for a 1-year mission under NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. LRO will return global data, such as day-night temperature maps, a global geodetic grid, high resolution color imaging and the moon's UV albedo. However there is particular emphasis on the polar regions of the moon where continuous access to solar illumination may be possible and the prospect of water in the permanently shadowed regions at the poles may exist. Although the objectives of LRO are explorative in nature, the payload includes instruments with considerable heritage from previous planetary science missions, enabling transition, after one year, to a science phase under NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
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Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) je sonda, kterou americká agentura NASA vyslala v rámci programu Lunar Precursor Robotic Program na oběžnou dráhu kolem Měsíce. Start se konal 18. června 2009 a družici do kosmu vynesla raketa Atlas V. LRO je první misí splňující Vizi vesmírného průzkumu (Vision for Space Exploration) deklarovanou americkým prezidentem Georgem W. Bushem v roce 2004. .. pokračovat ve čtení