Clementine mission
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lunar exploration mission
planetary science mission
technology demonstration mission
uncrewed spacecraft mission
The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clementine mission canonical | 15 |
| Clementine spacecraft | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clementine mission Context triple: [Baade, observedByMission, Clementine mission]
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A.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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B.
Europa Clipper mission
The Europa Clipper mission is a NASA spacecraft project designed to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter’s moon Europa to assess its potential habitability and investigate its subsurface ocean.
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C.
Rosetta mission
The Rosetta mission was a European Space Agency spacecraft project that orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to study its composition and behavior in unprecedented detail.
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D.
Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
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E.
JUICE mission
The JUICE mission is a European Space Agency spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter and its icy moons—particularly Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa—to investigate their potential habitability and subsurface oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clementine mission Target entity description: The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
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A.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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B.
Europa Clipper mission
The Europa Clipper mission is a NASA spacecraft project designed to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter’s moon Europa to assess its potential habitability and investigate its subsurface ocean.
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C.
Rosetta mission
The Rosetta mission was a European Space Agency spacecraft project that orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to study its composition and behavior in unprecedented detail.
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D.
Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
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E.
JUICE mission
The JUICE mission is a European Space Agency spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter and its icy moons—particularly Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa—to investigate their potential habitability and subsurface oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar exploration mission
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planetary science mission ⓘ technology demonstration mission ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft mission ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DSPSE ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Deep Space Program Science Experiment ⓘ |
| collaboratingAgency |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Missile Defense Agency
NASA ⓘ |
| communicationBand | S-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discovered | evidence for water ice in permanently shadowed lunar craters ⓘ |
| endOfMission | 1994-06 ⓘ |
| failureConsequence | cancellation of planned Geographos flyby ⓘ |
| failureEvent | attitude control computer malfunction ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1994-01-25 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 4W
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linked to:
Space Launch Complex 4
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| launchVehicle |
Titan II(23)G
ⓘ
linked to:
Titan 23G
|
| launchYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| lunarMappingDuration | about 2 months ⓘ |
| lunarOrbitInsertionDate | 1994-02-19 ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | approximately 227 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionType |
deep space technology test
ⓘ
lunar orbiter ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
folk song "Oh My Darling, Clementine"
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linked to:
Oh My Darling, Clementine
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| objective |
demonstrate long-duration components in deep space
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map the Moon at multiple wavelengths ⓘ obtain global topographic data of the Moon ⓘ test lightweight space-based imaging and tracking technologies ⓘ |
| operator |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| orbitalInsertionAround | Moon ⓘ |
| plannedFlybyTarget | asteroid 1620 Geographos ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Moon ⓘ |
| produced |
global lunar topographic map
ⓘ
global multispectral map of the Moon ⓘ |
| program |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization program
ⓘ
linked to:
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system
|
| secondaryTarget | asteroid 1620 Geographos ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | lightweight composite structure ⓘ |
| spacecraftName | Clementine ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Clementine spacecraft
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linked to:
Clementine mission
|
| status | completed ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
high-resolution camera
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laser altimeter ⓘ long-wave infrared camera ⓘ near-infrared camera ⓘ star tracker cameras ⓘ ultraviolet/visible camera ⓘ |
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Subject: Clementine mission Description of subject: The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Baade lunar crater
subject linked to:
Hale crater on the Moon
subject linked to:
Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
linked to: Clementine mission
subject linked to:
von Kármán crater on the Moon
linked to: Clementine mission
subject linked to:
Rosseland Crater on the Moon
linked to: Clementine mission
linked to: Clementine mission
subject linked to:
lunar crater Hertzsprung