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Laser Retroreflector Array · Blue Moon MK1 Endurance (Moon Base I)
LRA · Demo for navigation · NASA GSFC · 5.11 cm Ø × 1.65 cm
A NASA Goddard Laser Retroreflector Array on Blue Moon MK1.
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Size 5.11 cm Ø × 1.65 cm.
It uses reflected laser light from orbiting spacecraft to fix the lander's exact location, including a precise distance to Earth, which gives the other payload data a known position at the south pole.
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It is on Blue Moon MK1 Endurance.
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