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Clementine - The Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)
Clementine was a fast track, innovative program to test and qualify lightweight defense technologies in a lunar mapping mission. It evaluated long-term space environmental effects on advanced components and tested detection and acquisition capabilities at realistic closing velocities using celestial bodies as targets. Another key objective was to use Ballistic Missile Defense Office (BMDO) technologies for scientific purposes. The mission also demonstrated the benefits of a streamlined management approach to meet cost and schedule constraints.
Praxis was involved from the beginning of the Clementine program and helped develop the initial concept studies, program budgets, and schedules that led to the authority to proceed. During the course of the Clementine program, Praxis personnel provided program planning, systems engineering, launch vehicle integration and operations, spacecraft command and control systems, operational procedures planning, systems safety, and technical documentation, and prepared press kits, presentation materials, and multimedia presentations.