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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

April 22, 2026. The Radio Science SPK dataset has been updated.

March 13, 2026. LRO Release 65 includes new Diviner, LEND, LOLA, and Mini-RF data.

Search Tools

The Lunar Orbital Data Explorer (ODE) at the Geosciences Node provides search capabilities for all LRO data sets.
The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node provides search capabilities for LAMP and LROC data.
The standard PDS Data Set Search tool includes all LRO data sets.

Instruments and Archives

Instrument Follow links to instrument team web sites	PDS Archives
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

More Information

The LRO Data Management and Archive Plan, revised May 6, 2013 (PDF, 692 KB)
The LRO Mission Description from the PDS Catalog (ASCII, 35 KB)
The LRO Spacecraft Description from the PDS Catalog (ASCII, 37 KB)
The LRO web site at GSFC.

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.

Use the PDS Subscription Service to receive email announcements of each LRO release.

Release	Data Acquisition (nominal)	Release to Public
68	6/15/26 - 9/14/26	12/15/26
68C	8/16/26 - 9/15/26 (LROC)	12/15/26
68B	7/16/26 - 8/15/26 (LROC)	11/13/26
68A	6/16/26 - 7/15/26 (LROC)	10/15/26

67	3/15/26 - 6/14/26	9/15/26
67C	5/16/26 - 6/15/26 (LROC)	9/15/26
67B	4/16/26 - 5/15/26 (LROC)	8/15/26
67A	3/16/26 - 4/15/26 (LROC)	7/15/26

66	12/15/25 - 3/14/26	6/15/26
66C	2/16/26 - 3/15/26 (LROC)	6/15/26
66B	1/16/26 - 2/15/26 (LROC)	5/15/26
66A	12/16/25 - 1/15/26 (LROC)	4/15/26

65	9/15/25 - 12/14/25	3/13/26
65C	11/16/25 - 12/15/25 (LROC)	3/13/26
65B	10/16/25 - 11/15/25 (LROC)	2/13/26
65A	9/16/25 - 10/15/25 (LROC)	1/15/26

64	6/15/25 - 9/14/25	12/15/25
64C	8/16/25 - 9/15/25 (LROC)	12/15/25
64B	7/16/25 - 8/15/25 (LROC)	11/14/25
64A	6/16/25 - 7/15/25 (LROC)	10/15/25

63	3/15/25 - 6/14/25	9/15/25
63C	5/16/25 - 6/15/25 (LROC)	9/15/25
63B	4/16/25 - 5/15/25 (LROC)	8/15/25
63A	3/16/25 - 4/15/25 (LROC)	7/15/25

62	12/15/24 - 3/14/25	6/13/25
61	9/15/24 - 12/14/24	3/14/25
60	6/15/24 - 9/14/24	12/13/24
59	3/15/24 - 6/14/24	9/13/24
...	...	...
1	9/15/09 - 12/14/09	3/15/10

What's New

Apr. 22, 2026. The Radio Science SPK dataset has been updated.

Mar. 13, 2026. Release 65 of LRO data is now online.

Jan. 5, 2026. Delayed Diviner Release 64 data are now available.

Dec. 15, 2025. Release 64 of LRO data is now online. Release of Diviner data is delayed.

Sep. 15, 2025. Release 63 of LRO data is now online.

Jun. 30, 2025. LRO Radio Science TRK data have been migrated to the PDS4 standard.

Jun. 13, 2025. Release 62 of LRO data is now online.

Mar. 14, 2025. Release 61 iof LRO data is now online.

Jan. 14, 2025. Delayed Diviner RDR Release 60 data are now available.

Dec. 13, 2024. Some of the Mini-RF Bistatic Radar dataset has been migrated to the PDS4 standard.

Dec. 13, 2024. Release 60 of LRO data is now online.

Sep. 13, 2024. Release 59 of LRO data is now online.

Aug. 27, 2024. A new Diviner Emission Phase Function dataset is released.

Aug. 9, 2024. The Radio Science SPK dataset has been updated.

Jul. 30, 2024. The Mini-RF Global Mosaics dataset has been migrated to the PDS4 standard.

Jun. 24, 2024. Delayed Diviner RDR Release 58 data are now available.

Jun. 14, 2024. Release 58 of LRO data is now online.

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.

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