Kaguya

The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (also known as Selene) was successfully launched on September 14, 2007 and entered its nominal 100 km circular orbit on October 19, 2007. Acquisition of scientific data was carried out for 10 months of nominal mission that began in mid-December 2007 followed by an 8-month extended mission. The Kaguya spacecraft impacted the Moon on June 10, 2009.

Data are archived at JAXA. The mission is described in Kato et al. 2010 (doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9678-3).

Kaguya Data at the PDS Geosciences Node

Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Corrected Spectra (N. Yamashita, PSI) - Gamma-Ray Spectrometer corrected and calibrated time-series spectra and ephemerides, pointing, and geometry data for the nominal and extended observation periods of the Kaguya mission.

Lunar Spectral Profiler Data (P. Lucey, U. Hawaii) - A survey of small fresh craters on the lunar surface observed by the Spectral Profiler instrument.

Lunar Space Weathering Maps (D. Trang, U. Hawaii) - Three global iron abundance maps in weight percent, derived using the Hapke Radiative Transfer Model to model the Kaguya Multiband Imager (MI) data.