Overview of SELENE(KAGUYA) and HDTV Movie show

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Overview of SELENE(KAGUYA) andHDTV Movie show
H. Okumura, K. Matsui, S. Sobue, Y. Takizawa and
SELENE Project
SELENE Project Team Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science (ISAS) Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA)
LCROSS Workshop at ARC Feb. 29, 2008
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What is the meaning of KAGUYA ?
Among all the varied suggested nicknames, about
24 percent suggested names related to Princess
Kaguya from the old classic Japanese story
Taketori Monogatari (or the story of a bamboo
cutter and the princess from the Moon.) From
among these names, KAGUYA accounted for almost
70 percent. It appears that SELENE, which
travels to the Moon, reminds many people of
Princess Kaguya, who returned to the Moon.
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Objectives and Roles of KAGUYA

• 1. Objectives
• Global survey of the Moon
• To research the origin and evolution of the Moon
  by observing the distribution of the elements and
  minerals on the surface, the structure of the
  surface and subsurface, the gravity field, the
  remnant of the magnetic field and the environment
  of energetic particles and plasma of the Moon
• Data Application to Future Moon Utilization
• To be used for future activities on the Moon and
  the possibility of future utilization of the Moon
• Public Outreach
• To make a public outreach by taking pictures and
  movies of the beautiful Earth rising from the
  Moon using its onboard High Definition Television
  System
• 2. User Services
• SELENE (KAGUYA) scientific observation data
  will be made available to the public through
• SELENE homepage after finishing
  scientific validation and verification by mission
  instrument
• teams.

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Overview of KAGUYA Satellite
Upper Atmosphere and Plasma Imager (UPI)
Plasma Energy Angle and Composition Experiment
(PACE)
RSTAR(OKINA)
VSTAR(OUNA)
PACE
Terrain Camera (TC) Multi-band Imager (MI)
Spectral Profiler (SP)
Charged Particle Spectrometer (CPS)
High gain antenna
X-ray Spectrometer (XRS)
To the Moon
Solar array paddle
Laser Altimeter (LALT)
Omni antenna
Gamma-ray Spectrometer (GRS)
Star tracker
High Definition Television (HDTV)
500N thruster
Heat radiation panel
1N thruster
Bus equipment
Mission equipment
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Schedule
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Orbit of KAGUYA
KAGUYA Main Orbiter
Main Orbiter
Mission Orbit Circular orbit,Altitude 100kmInclination 90 degree
North
Small satellites
Orbit(Initial Orbit) Relay SatelliteElliptical orbit (100km x 2400km),90 deg. VRAD SatelliteElliptical orbit (100km x 800km), 90 deg.
OUNA (VSTAR)
South
OKINA (RSTAR)
Direction of the Earth
KAGUYAs orbit on Feb. 15, 2008.
3D Orbit viewer for KAGUYA (English ver.) will be
Open on April !!
We can see KAGUYAs orbit in real time via JAXA
website.
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Terrain Camera (TC)

• Initial Observation Images

• Specification

Orthorectified Image
DTM Image
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HDTV Movie - South Pole in Summer-
What is Shackleton Crater like?"
Video Oct 30, 2007 at 2206 (JST) From near
South Pole To the Drygalski crater x8 speed
recorded
NASA LAT phase1
Bussey - Lunar Polar Illumination
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HDTV Movie - South Pole in Summer-
What is Shackleton Crater like?"
Drygalski
Sverdrup
Shackleton
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HDTV Movie - South Pole in Summer -
Please Visit the JAXA Digital Archive. http//jda.
jaxa.jp/jda/v4_e.php?v_idd8a648dead69c3595096d211
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HDTV Movie Earth Set in South Pole -
In the future, Astronauts might be seeing the
same scene when they return to the moon.
Mt. Malapert
Shackleton
Sverdrup
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HDTV Movie Earth Set -
Please visit the JAXA Digital Archive. http//jda.
jaxa.jp/jda/v4_e.php?v_id1d1971bf1b4396d52c997ec8
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Summary

• SELENE(KAGUYA) was launched from Tanegashima
  Space Center on Sep. 14 2007.
• Initial instruments checkout was completed and
  nominal observation was started on Dec.21 2007.
• You can see beautiful images and movies taken by
  SELENE(KAGUYA) on the following webpage.
• KAGUYA Image Gallery http//wms.kaguya.jaxa.jp/
• JAXA Video Archive http//jda.jaxa.jp/jda/v3_e.php
  ?modesearchgenre4category4064mission4067fo
  rmat-1keywordsubmitSearch
• The latest result of KAGUYA science missions will
  be shown at LPSC Mar.10-14 2008.