Clementine 1 completes first lunar mapping phase

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Apr 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994avwst.140...59l&link_type=abstract

Aviation Week & Space Technology (ISSN 0005-2175), vol. 140, no. 14, p. 59-59

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Asteroid Missions, Lunar Maps, Lunar Photographs, Lunar Satellites, Lunar Surface, Cameras, Defense Program, Lunar Orbits, Nasa Space Programs, Optical Communication

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Clementine 1 has sent back an estimted one million images of the lunar surface, and it has entered the second phase of its lunar mapping mission. Clementine 1 is a joint Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)/NASA effort to test lightweight sensors and electronics for military and civilian uses. This article describes the results of the first phase of the mission. Clementine 1 will leave lunar orbit in early May to perform a flyby of the asteroid Geographos in late August. A subsequent flyby of another near-Earth asteroid in October is under consideration.

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