KAGUYA Moon Video

1. A Journey to the distant Moon -Tracking the SELENE "KAGUYA"-

2. KAGUYA HDTV Movies and Data Collection

H.Kagawa, S. Sobue and I. Masuda

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) launched "KAGUYA (SELENE)" by

the H-IIA Launch Vehicle at 10:31:01 a.m. on September 14, 2007 (JST) from

Tanegashima Space Center. The major objectives of the "KAGUYA" mission are to

obtain scientific data of the lunar origin and evolution and to develop the technology

for the future lunar exploration. "KAGUYA" consists of a main orbiting satellite at

about 100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in

polar orbit. The orbiters will carry instruments for scientific investigation of the Moon,

on the Moon, and from the Moon. KAGUYA has been in nominal operation from

December 21, 2007. The lunar surface and Earth rise / set movies were taken by HDTV

on KAGUYA. In addition, geophysical products including topographical map, 3

dimensional lunar surface images, etc. were derived from KAGUYA science mission

instruments and posted on KAGUYA home page (http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp). This

Moon Video film contains those highlighted movies by HDTV and other first light

images / results. This oral presentation shows the digest of HDTV movies with English

narrations.

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit21 - 23 July 2008, Hartford, CT

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