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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    Title :

    Clementine Mission: Initial Results from Lunar Mapping


    Contributors:
    P. D. Spudis (author) / E. Shoemaker (author) / C. Acton (author) / B. Burratti (author) / T. Duxbury (author)

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    The Clementine mission: Initial results from lunar mapping

    Spudis, P. D. / Shoemaker, E. / Acton, C. et al. | NTRS | 1994


    The Clementine Mission: Initial Results from lunar mapping

    Spudis, P. D. / Shoemaker, E. / Acton, C. et al. | NTRS | 1994


    The Clementine Mission - Initial Results from Lunar Mapping

    Spudis, P. D. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 1994


    Clementine ends lunar mapping

    Online Contents | 1994


    Lunar horizon glow and the Clementine mission

    Zook, H. A. / Potter, A. E. | NTRS | 1994