The Clementine mission provided the first ever complete, systematic surface mapping of the moon from the ultra-violet to the near-infrared regions. More than 1.7 million images of the moon, earth and space were returned from this mission. The near-infrared (NIR) multi-spectral camera, one of two workhorse lunar mapping cameras (the other being the UV/visible camera), provided (approximately)200 in spatial resolution at 400 km periselene, and a 39 km across-track swath. This 1.9 kg infrared camera using a 256 x 256 InSb FPA viewed reflected solar illumination from the lunar surface and lunar horizon in the 1 to 3 (micro)m wavelength region, extending lunar imagery and mineralogy studies into the near infrared. A description of this light-weight, low power NIR camera along with a summary of lessons learned is presented. Design goals and preliminary on-orbit performance estimates are addressed in terms of meeting the mission's primary objective for flight qualifying the sensors for future Department of Defense flights.


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    Title :

    Near-infrared camera for the Clementine mission


    Contributors:
    R. E. Priest (author) / I. T. Lewis (author) / N. R. Sewall (author) / H. S. Park (author) / M. J. Shannon (author)

    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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