Date posted: 06/23/2009*

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) carrying Raytheon's Mini-RF sensor technology successfully launched on Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Once activated, Raytheon's Mini-RF sensing technology is expected to help determine whether the polar regions of the moon contain ice. It will also provide surface imaging used to characterize topography in preparation for future manned missions to the moon.

Last October, India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully launched into orbit housing similar Mini-RF technology developed by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business. Through this technology, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest and darkest craters.

Watch video of the LRO launch and view images taken with the technology.

 

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