Space probe
Clementine
NASA · BMDO · launched 1994 · ended 1994
Mapped the Moon in 1994, then lost on the way to an asteroid.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
18.3 million km from Earth; a signal takes 1 min 1 s
154 million km (1.03 AU) from the Sun, moving at 29.6 km/s relative to the Sun
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American space project
Clementine is a partially failed joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA, launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and spacecraft components in long-term exposure to space and to make scientific observations of both the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA · BMDO
- Launched
- January 25, 1994
- Rocket
- Titan II(23)G
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SLC-4W
- Mission ended
- 1994
- International designator
- 1994-004A
- 3D model
- NASA/Brian E. Kumanchik