Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
PRESS RELEASE
(Via Roskosmos based on RAS Institute of Space Reseach press statement)
Russian LEND — Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector – installed on NASA`s LRO -Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – was switched into active mode on Sept. 15, after LRO reached Lunar 50-km polar orbit, which is to be the operational orbit for the initial stage of the mission.