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Lessons Learned from the Clementine Mission (1997)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Space Studies Board (SSB)

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TABLE 1.1 Clementine Budget: Projected and Actual Cost Estimates (in FY 1992 $) Through May 31, 1994, for Various Aspects of the Clementine Mission

 

Projected

Actual

Sensors

$ 4,800,000

$ 4,800,000

Attitude control system

2,480,000

1,984,125

Reaction control system

2,360,000

2,359,719

Electrical power subsystem

3,100,000

3,145,796

Sensor processing

2,680,000

2,753,366

Communications system

2,200,000

2,184,918

Payload integration

37,380,000

37,988,944

Total payload cost

$55,000,000

$55,216,868

Operations

5,000,000

5,337,292

Launch vehicle

20,000,000

20,000,000

Total mission cost

$80,000,000

$80,554,160

NOTE: Although COMPLEX did no detailed analyses to verify any of these figures, none of the data seems unreasonable.

SOURCE: As supplied to COMPLEX by Paul Regeon, Clementine's program manager at the Naval Research Laboratory.

Box 1.1 Characteristics of the Clementine Spacecraft

Mass

  •  Space vehicle (launch adapter, kick motor, interstage, and spacecraft): 1,691 kg
  •  Spacecraft (dry weight): 235 kg

Attitude Control

  •  3 Axis stabilized via reaction wheels ± 0.05º Control ±0.03º Knowledge
  •  Ring laser gyro and interferometric fiberoptic gyro inertial measurement units

Propulsion

  •  Solid rocket motor for lunar injection
  •  N2O4/MMH* for propulsion
  • N2H4 for attitude control system

Processing

  •  Parallel processor architecture
  •  Mil-Std-1750A (1.7 MIPS*) for safe mode, attitude control system, and housekeeping
  •  R3081 (18 MIPS) for image processing, attitude control system, and autonomous processing

Data Storage

  •  2.0-glgabyte DRAM,* solid-state data recorder

Power

  •  Gimbaled (single-axis) GaAs/Ge* solar array (2.3 m2, 460 W at 30 V D.C.)
  • 15 amp-hour NiH2 common pressure vessel battery

Communications

  •  Deep-space network compatible transponder without encryption
  •  128-kilobits per second (kb/s) downlink (max); 1-kb/s uplink

* Abbreviations and acronyms are defined in the glossary.

SOURCE: As reported Pedro Rustan, Clementine program manager, at the Clementine Engineering and Technology Workshop, July 1994.

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