Lunar Orbiter 5
Replica of a Lunar Orbiter spacecraft | |||||||||||
| Mission type | Lunar orbiter | ||||||||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1967-075A | ||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 2907 | ||||||||||
| Website | science.nasa.gov | ||||||||||
| Mission duration | 5 months, 30 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 | August 1, 1967, 22:32:00 UTC | ||||||||||
| Rocket | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | ||||||||||
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-13 | ||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||
| Disposal | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay date | January 31, 1968, 07:58:08 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||||
| Reference system | Selenocentric | ||||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 4,846.8 km (3,011.7 mi) | ||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.26 | ||||||||||
| Periselene altitude | 194.5 km (120.9 mi) | ||||||||||
| Aposelene altitude | 6,023 km (3,743 mi) | ||||||||||
| Inclination | 85 degrees | ||||||||||
| Period | 510.08 minutes | ||||||||||
| Lunar orbiter | |||||||||||
| Orbital insertion | August 5, 1967 | ||||||||||
| Impact site | 2°47′S 83°01′W / 02.79°S 83.01°W | ||||||||||
| Orbits | 1,380 | ||||||||||
| Transponders | |||||||||||
| Frequency | 2295 MHz | ||||||||||
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Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the "Lunar Orbiter series", 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.