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.
Near-infrared camera for the Clementine mission
1995
15 pages
Report
No indication
English
Antimissile Defense Systems , Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Ballistic Missile Defense , Cameras , Calibration , Flight Testing , Images , Moon , Near Infrared Radiation , Performance Testing , Remote Sensing , Signal Conditioning , Specifications , Meetings , EDB/450500 , EDB/440500
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