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 | | In difference to the previous Clementine mission, which mapped the lunar surface globally at low resolution, LunarSat will achieve high resolution images of the south pole region and other selected areas of scientific interest like lunar domes, rilles, and volcanic features. |
 | | The proposed elliptical orbit with a perilune near the lunar south pole gives resolutions of 3.5m /pixel at 100km perilune and better than 10m over most of the southern hemisphere, which is ten times better than the resolution of the Clementine UV-Vis camera. |
 | | Another major difference to the Clementine mission is the phase angle of the lunar orbit. |
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