Lunar Orbiter
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently about 385,721 kilometres from Earth, or 0.003 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 1 seconds out. It is 1.001 astronomical units from the Sun.
NASA’s long-running lunar mapper, imaging the surface at high resolution for more than 15 years. Its maps underpin every modern landing-site selection, including Artemis.
Has photographed every Apollo landing site and most recent landers from orbit.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 385,721 km (0.003 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 149,732,700 km (1.001 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 1 seconds
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- NASA
- Launched
- 2009
- Operating
- Moon