The Clementine Mission: Initial Results from lunar mapping

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Jul 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994stin...9524994s&link_type=abstract

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Image Processing, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Maps, Lunar Orbits, Lunar Surface, Spacecraft Instruments, Data Acquisition, Flyby Missions, Laser Altimeters, Satellite Imagery, Spectrum Analysis

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Clementine was a mission designed to test the space-worthiness of a variety of advanced sensors for use on military surveillance satellites while, at the same time, gathering useful scientific information on the composition and structure of the Moon and a near-Earth asteroid. Conducted jointly by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, formerly the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) of the US Department of Defense and NASA, Clementine was dispatched for an extended stay in the vicinity of Earth's moon on 25 January 1994 and arrived at the Moon on 20 February 1994. The spacecraft started systematic mapping on 26 February, completed mapping on 22 April, and left lunar orbit on 3 May. The entire Clementine project, from conception through end-of-mission, lasted approximately 3 years.

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