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Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Left side of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper
OperatorNASA
ManufacturerJPL
Instrument typeImaging spectrometer
Mission duration712 days (planned)
333 (actual)
Began operationsNovember 12, 2008 (2008-11-12)
Ceased operationsSeptember 20, 2009 (2009-09-20)
Websitewww.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/moon-mineralogy-mapper-m3/
Properties
Mass8.2 kg (18 lb)
Resolution40 km (25 mi) (field of view)
140 m (460 ft) (global)
70 m (230 ft) (targeted)
Host spacecraft
SpacecraftChandrayaan-1
OperatorISRO
Launch date00:52, October 22, 2008 (UTC) (2008-10-22T00:52Z)
RocketPSLV-C11
Launch siteSatish Dhawan Space Centre
COSPAR ID2008-052A

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.

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