Instrument Host Information |
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IDENTIFIER | urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.kaguya::1.0 |
NAME |
Kaguya |
TYPE |
Spacecraft |
DESCRIPTION |
The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (SELENE) was successfully launched by an H2A rocket on September 14, 2007. On October 4, 2007, after passing through a phasing orbit 2.5 times around the Earth, Kaguya was inserted into a large elliptical orbit circling the Moon. After the apolune altitude was lowered, Kaguya reached its nominal 100 km circular polar observation orbit on October 19. During the process of realizing the nominal orbit, two subsatellites Okina (Rstar) and Ouna (Vstar) were released into elliptical orbits with 2400 km and 800 km apolune, respectively; both elliptical orbits had 100 km perilunes. After the functionality of bus system was verified, four radar antennas and a magnetometer boom were extended, and a plasma imager was deployed. Acquisition of scientific data was carried out for 10 months of nominal mission that began in mid-December 2007. During the 8-month extended mission, magnetic fields and gamma-rays from lower orbits were measured; in addition to this, low-altitude observations were carried out using a Terrain Camera, a Multiband Imager, and an HDTV camera. New data pertaining to an intense magnetic anomaly and GRS data with higher spatial resolution were acquired to study magnetism and the elemental distribution of the Moon. After some orbital maneuvers were performed by using the saved fuel, the Kaguya spacecraft finally impacted on the southeast part of the Moon. |
NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER |
-131 |
SERIAL NUMBER | |
REFERENCES |
Kato, M., Sasaki, S., Takizawa, Y., and the Kaguya Project Team (2010), The Kaguya Mission Overview,
Space Sci. Rev. 154:3, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9678-3. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/kaguya/ |