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 longwave-infrared (LWIR) camera supplemented the UV/Visible and near-infrared mapping cameras providing limited strip coverage of the moon, giving insight to the thermal properties of the soils. This camera provided (approximately)100 m spatial resolution at 400 km periselene, and a 7 km across-track swath. This 2.1 kg camera using a 128 x 128 Mercury-Cadmium-Telluride (MCT) FPA viewed thermal emission of the lunar surface and lunar horizon in the 8.0 to 9.5 (micro)m wavelength region. A description of this light-weight, low power LWIR 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.
Clementine longwave infrared camera
1995
15 pages
Report
No indication
English
Antimissile Defense Systems , Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Ballistic Missile Defense , Cameras , Calibration , Far Infrared Radiation , Flight Testing , Images , Infrared Thermography , Moon , Remote Sensing , Signal Conditioning , Specifications , Temperature Control , Meetings , EDB/450500 , EDB/440500
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