LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft

Repeatedly imaging anthropogenic targets on the Moon is an LROC team priority. As each image comes down we carefully search for the hardware (or impact crater). If the target is not in the image we try again next month, imaging on either side of the first observation. Additionally, we re-image targets once they are found to enable more precise estimates of their latitude and longitude coordinates, and provide more information concerning local morphology and albedo.

Listing of all Soviet and American robotic space hardware that have been identified by the LROC Team. The lines and samples are from the EDR files prior to any map-projection or transformation. Some targets that are not on the list may have been tentatively identified but we are awaiting confirmation from images yet to be acquired. Coordinates are in the mean Earth reference projected onto a sphere. Currently the precision of these coordinates are better than 200 meters in all cases, and as high as 100 meters in a few. As LOLA topography is folded into the solution, and orbit determinations improve, the coordinate precision and accuracy will increase. Most of these images are available in the recent PDS release, the rest will be posted in June. Enjoy!

*not confirmed, awaiting new images