Capturing Lunar Footage and Utilization of Image Data: The HDTV Camera System Onboard the Lunar Explorer Kaguya (SELENE)

S. Mitsuhashi, J. Yamazaki, J. Tachino, M. Yamauchi, K. Tanimoto, R. Honda, M. Shirao, Y. Iijima, H. Maejima, H. Otake, S. Sobue

The high-definition television (HDTV) camera onboard the Japanese lunar explorer Kaguya (SELENE), launched from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center on September 14, 2007, succeeded in taking the first high-definition moving image of the “receding Earth” at a distance of 110,000 km from the Earth.

Published
2008-10
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/M001049
ISBN
978-1-61482-939-3