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Q17 (IAS/2008) Science & Technology › Space & Defence Technology › Space exploration missions Answer Verified

Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs to which one of the following?

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SELENE (also called Kaguya) is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) large lunar orbiter mission. The spacecraft, comprising a main orbiter and two subsatellites, was launched on 14 September 2007 and inserted into lunar orbit on 4 October 2007 as part of Japan’s SELENE program, with objectives to perform global lunar surveys and advance engineering for future lunar exploration [1]. Official mission overviews and technical summaries identify SELENE/Kaguya explicitly as a JAXA (Japan) mission, describe its launch date, spacecraft configuration, and mission lifetime, and note its legacy in high-resolution topography and gravity mapping of the Moon [2]. Hence Selene-1 (SELENE/Kaguya) belongs to Japan.

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  1. [1] https://issfd.org/ISSFD_2009/OrbitDeterminationII/Ikeda.pdf
  2. [2] https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/selene
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