LRO has attained sufficient velocity from the Centaur upper stage so we've now (as of 6:17 PM) separated from it. Still attached to the Centaur is the LCROSS "shepherding spacecraft" which will watch as the Centaur impacts the Moon in October, fly through the plume, and itself impact several minutes later.
Still ahead for us is deployment of the LRO solar array and high-gain antenna. Prior to that is something that involves the flight software team...activation of the data storage boards.
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