Title: SELENE SCIENTIFIC DATA PRODUCTS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CHARACTERIZATION OF LUNAR POTENTIAL RESOURC
1SELENE SCIENTIFIC DATA PRODUCTS AND THEIR
APPLICATION TO CHARACTERIZATION OF LUNAR
POTENTIAL RESOURCES
K. Matsui, R. Nakamura, M.Kato and Y.
Takizawa (ISAS/JAXA)
2Contents
- Introduction of SELENE mission
- Outline of SELENE Scientific Products
- The potential of SELENE products for lunar
resource exploration in near future - Element mapping
- Mineralogy mapping
- Polar studies
3SELenological ENgineering Explorer
4 Whats SELENE?
- Objectives Global survey
- Study the origin and the evolution of the moon.
- Explore the possibility of the utilization.
- ? Orbits inclination 90 deg
- Main orbiter 100 x 100 km
- Vstar 100 x 800 km
- Rstar 100 x 2400 km
- The total Mass 2885kg (mission instruments
300kg) - Mission period gt 1 year
- Launch the H-IIA Rocket in FY 2006
5 SELENE Mission instruments
6 Product Distribution
SELENE Science Products
- Format including PDS-like labels (T.B.D.)
- Release 1 year after the SELENE mission
completion - through the internet access to
the data distribution - server at ISAS/JAXA
- Policy nonproprietary and free of charge
Navigation and Ancillary Information
- The following ancillary data will be opened to
the public - Satellite attitude data
- Satellite position data
- Satellite time information
- Also, corresponding SPICE kernels (SPK/CK/SCLK)
might be provided
7SELENE product server web-based interface
8 Element distribution
SELENE Products
Characteristics
X-Ray Spectrometer
- Mg, Al, Si, Fe Map (lt20km/pix)
Higher spatial/energy resolution than
Apollo/XRS Global coverage except poles
- Map A(K,Th,O,Fe,Si lt100km/pix)
- Map B(U,Al,Ca,Mg,Na,Ti)
- Map C Hydrogen
Gamma-Ray spectrometer
Higher energy distribution than LP/GRS
9Energy resolution of GRS flight model
Kobayashi et al. 2004
10Predicted GRS spectrum around the poles
Direct evidence of hydrogen
Berezhnoi et al. 2004
11 Mineral distribution
SELENE Products
- Radiance/Reflectance profile
- (500m/pixel)
- Mineralogy
Spectral Profiler (0.32.5um)
- Radiance/Reflectance map
- (20m/pixel)
- Fe/Ti map
- Petrologic types classification
Multi-band Imager (415,750,900,950,1000
1050,1250,1650 )
12Mapping polar regions
SELENE Products
Terrain Camera
- Digital elevation map(DEM) of the illuminated
areas - Images monitoring the seasonal variation of the
illumination condition
Laser ALTtimeter
13 Terrain camera (TC)
- Global mapping of the topography by stereo
observations - Two slant push-broom cameras with B/H0.57.
- (panchromatic, 10m/pixel, nominal 35km swarth)
- Accurate identification of the polar permanently
shadowed and illuminated - areas with the mission period of one year
14 Laser ALTimter (LALT)
15LALT DEM in the PSAs (lt100m/pixel)
10km
16Current status and schedule
- The system integration and fitting tests
2003/04 2004/03gtgt checked the
interfaces(mechanical I/F, electrical I/F, EMC,
etc.) - The qualification test of each component
2004/04 - The system proto flight test 2004/autumn
2005
2004
2003