CLEMENTINE: “The Deep Space Program Science Experiment”
1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 35; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0094-5765(94)00196-s
ISSN1879-2030
AutoresPaul A. Regeon, Roderick Chapman, R. Baugh,
Tópico(s)Planetary Science and Exploration
ResumoCLEMENTINE, the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE), was a technology demonstration jointly sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that was launched on January 25, 1994. The principle objective of the CLEMENTINE mission was to use the Moon, a near-Earth asteroid, and the spacecraft's Interstage Adapter (ISA) as targets to demonstrate lightweight component and sensor performance. As a secondary mission, it returned valuable data of interest to the international civilian scientific sector. CLEMENTINE represents a new class of small, low cost, and highly capable spacecraft that fully embrace lightweight technologies to enable a series of long-duration deep space missions.
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