SELENE

SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer or Kaguya) was a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft that orbited the Moon from 2007 to the beginning of 2009 when it impacted the surface, as per instructions. The spacecraft included imagers and altimeters/sounders, used to study the lunar surface in detail. Instruments:

• XRS - X-ray spectrometer.
• GRS - Gamma-ray spectrometer.
• MI - Multiband imager.
• SP - Spectral profiler.
• TC - Terrain camera.
• LRS - Lunar radar sounder.
• LALT - Laser altimeter.
• LMAG - Lunar magnetometer.
• CPS - Charged particle spectrometer.
• PACE - Plasma energy angle and composition experiment.
• RS - Radio science.
• UPI - Upper atmosphere and plasma imager.
• RSAT - Four-way Doppler measurements by relay satellite and main orbiter transponder.
• VRAD - Differential VLBI radio source.
• HDTV - High definition television.