Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter |
Danuri: Korea's first lunar orbiter |
Jul 26 2022, 09:19 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10189 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
https://www.kari.re.kr/eng/sub03_07_01.do
The link is to the Korean Space Agency's page on Danuri, the nation's first lunar orbiter. It will launch from the US in early August and orbit the Moon for a year. Of particular note is he inclusion of Shadowcam, a US payload modified from the LRO NAC instrument to image in polar shadows. I think I have seen it is 200 times more sensitive that NAC. We can hope for a lot of interesting images of polar areas. Work on a followup lander is in progress but may be slow. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 26 2022, 09:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
I think I have seen it is 200 times more sensitive that NAC. Something like that; larger pixels (12 micron instead of 7), 32 TDI stages, and a higher QE sensor. It was a big pain to test compared to NAC because we had to use strong ND filters to image any normal scene. More info at http://shadowcam.sese.asu.edu/ -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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