Moon Mineralogy Mapper
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) is one of two instruments of NASA that was carried by India's first mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1, launched October 22, 2008. It is an imaging spectrometer, and the team is led by Principal investigator Carle Pieters of Brown University, and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Left side of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper | |
| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | JPL |
| Instrument type | Imaging spectrometer |
| Mission duration | 712 days (planned) 333 (actual) |
| Began operations | November 12, 2008 |
| Ceased operations | September 20, 2009 |
| Website | www |
| Properties | |
| Mass | 8.2 kg (18 lb) |
| Resolution | 40 km (25 mi) (field of view) 140 m (460 ft) (global) 70 m (230 ft) (targeted) |
| Host spacecraft | |
| Spacecraft | Chandrayaan-1 |
| Operator | ISRO |
| Launch date | 00:52, October 22, 2008 (UTC) |
| Rocket | PSLV-C11 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-052A |
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