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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

March 15, 2024. LRO Release 57 includes new LEND, Diviner, and LOLA data.

February 5, 2024. A new dataset of Diviner High-Resolution Mosaics is online.

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CRaTER (Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation) CRaTER Archive
at the PPI Node
Diviner (Lunar Radiometer Experiment) Diviner Archive
LAMP (Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project) LAMP Archive
at the Imaging Node
LEND (Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector) LEND Archive
LOLA (Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter) LOLA Archive
LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera) LROC Archive
at the LROC Data Node
Mini-RF (Miniature Radio Frequency Technology Demonstration) Mini-RF Archive
Radio Science Radio Science Archive
SPICE (Geometry and Navigation Data -- see note below) SPICE Archive
at the NAIF Node

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Note about LRO Ephemeris Data

There are two sources of LRO ephemeris data (SPICE SPK kernels). SPK data from the LRO Flight Dynamics Team (FDT) are available from the PDS Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF). The FDT SPK data are currently produced without using LRO Lunar Orbiting Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data.

LRO SPK data produced by the LOLA team are available from the Radio Science Data Archive at the LOLA Data Node in the DATA/SPK directory.

The LOLA SPK files are orbit reconstructions produced by the LOLA Precise Orbit Determination Team.  These SPKs are used for geolocation of LOLA data. They contain spacecraft ephemerides and have the same binary format as SPK files provided by NAIF. More information about the content of the LOLA SPK data may be found in the “GEODYN Trajectory Files (SPK Directory)” information in the “Secondary Data” section of the Radio Science Data Set catalog file.

Release Schedule

Most LRO instrument teams release data every three months; LROC releases data monthly.  The data acqusition periods shown below are nominal, as some teams release more recently acquired data. See release notes for each data set.

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Release Data Acquisition (nominal) Release to Public
60 6/15/24 - 9/14/24 12/13/24
60C 8/16/24 - 9/15/24 (LROC) 12/13/24
60B 7/16/24 - 8/15/24 (LROC) 11/15/24
60A 6/16/24 - 7/15/24 (LROC) 10/15/24
     
59 3/15/24 - 6/14/24 9/13/24
59C 5/16/24 - 6/15/24 (LROC) 9/13/24
59B 4/16/24 - 5/15/24 (LROC) 8/15/24
59A 3/16/24 - 4/15/24 (LROC) 7/15/24
     
58 12/15/23 - 3/14/24 6/14/24
58C 2/16/24 - 3/15/24 (LROC) 6/14/24
58B 1/16/24 - 2/15/24 (LROC) 5/15/24
58A 12/16/23 - 1/15/24 (LROC) 4/15/24
     
57 9/15/23 - 12/14/23 3/15/24
57C 11/16/23 - 12/15/23 (LROC) 3/15/24
57B 10/16/23 - 11/15/23 (LROC) 2/15/24
57A 9/16/23 - 10/15/23 (LROC) 1/15/24
     
56 6/15/23 - 9/14/23 12/15/23
56C 8/16/23 - 9/15/23 (LROC) 12/15/23
56B 7/16/23 - 8/15/23 (LROC) 11/15/23
56A 6/16/23 - 7/15/23 (LROC) 10/15/23
     
55 3/15/23 - 6/14/23 9/15/23
55C 5/16/23 - 6/15/23 (LROC) 9/15/23
55B 4/16/23 - 5/15/23 (LROC) 8/15/23
55A 3/16/23 - 4/15/23 (LROC) 7/15/23
     
54 12/15/22 - 3/14/23 6/15/23
53 9/15/22 - 12/14/22 3/15/23
52 6/15/22 - 9/14/22 12/15/22
51 3/15/22 - 6/14/22 9/15/22
... ... ...
1 9/15/09 - 12/14/09 3/15/10

 

What's New

Mar. 15, 2024. Release 57 of LRO data is now online.

Feb. 5, 2024. A new dataset of Diviner High-Resolution Mosaics is online.

Dec. 15, 2023. Release 56 of LRO data is now online.

Sep. 15, 2023. Release 55 of LRO data is now online.

Aug. 15, 2023. Migration of all Diviner data to the PDS4 standard is complete.

Jun. 29, 2023. Withheld LOLA RDR data have been released.

Jun. 15, 2023. Release 54 of LRO data is now online.

Jun. 15, 2023. All previously released LEND data have been migrated to the PDS4 standard.

May 8, 2023. All backlogged Diviner RDR data have been released.

May 8, 2023. All previously released LOLA and Diviner EDR data have been migrated to the PDS4 standard.

Mar. 15, 2023. Release 53 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 15, 2022. Release 52 of LRO data is now online.

Sep. 15, 2022. Release 51 of LRO data is now online.

Aug. 26, 2022. The first seasonal Diviner PCPs have been posted, and the diurnal Diviner PCPs have been converted to PDS4.

Jun. 15, 2022. Release 50 of LRO data is now online.

May 5, 2022. The first Diviner RCP is released.

Mar. 15, 2022. Release 49 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 15, 2021. Release 48 of LRO data is now online.

Sep. 15, 2021. Release 47 of LRO data is now online.

Jun. 15, 2021. Release 46 of LRO data is now online.

Mar. 15, 2021. Release 45 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 15, 2020. Release 44 of LRO data is now online.

Sept. 15, 2020. Release 43 of LRO data is now online.

Jul. 15, 2020. Diviner PCPs are released.

Jun. 15, 2020. Release 42 of LRO data is now online.

April 22, 2020. 36 Diviner GDR data products have been revised.

Mar. 13, 2020. Release 41 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 13, 2019. Release 40 of LRO data is now online.

Sept. 20, 2019. LOLA data for Release 39 are now available.

Sept. 13, 2019. Release 39 of LRO data is now online.

Jul. 12, 2019. Four missing RS SPK products have been restored.

Jun. 25, 2019. LOLA data for Release 38 are now online.

Jun. 14, 2019. Release 38 of LRO data is now online.

June 5, 2019. Four LOLA GDR images have been revised.

Mar. 15, 2019. Release 37 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 13, 2018. Release 36 of LRO data is now online.

Sept. 14, 2018. Release 35 of LRO data is now online.

Jun. 14, 2018. Release 34 of LRO data is now online.

Mar. 15, 2018. Release 33 of LRO data is now online.

Feb. 23, 2018.  The LOLA RADR (radiometry) data set has been revised.

Dec. 18, 2017. A few LOLA gridded products have been corrected.

Dec. 13, 2017. Release 32 of LRO data is now online.

Sept. 15, 2017. Release 31 of LRO data is now online.

Jul. 13, 2017. The LOLA GDR south polar map products from Release 30 have been redelivered.

Jun. 14, 2017. Release 30 of LRO data is now online.

Apr. 14, 2017. New Diviner GCPs have been released.

Mar. 14, 2017. Release 29 of LRO data is now online.

Dec. 14, 2016. Release 28 of LRO data is now online.

Sept. 13, 2016. Release 27 of LRO data is now online.

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