Using a compact broadband IR spectrometer to search for lunar volatiles with a first generation deep space CubeSat

Pamela Clark; Ben Malphrus; Dennis Reuter; Robert MacDowall; David Folta; Terry Hurford; Cliff Brambora; William Farrell

doi:10.1117/12.2238332

17 March 2017 Using a compact broadband IR spectrometer to search for lunar volatiles with a first generation deep space CubeSat

Pamela Clark, Ben Malphrus, Dennis Reuter, Robert MacDowall, David Folta, Terry Hurford, Cliff Brambora, William Farrell

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Proceedings Volume 9978, CubeSats and NanoSats for Remote Sensing; 99780C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238332
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Lunar Ice Cube, a science requirements-driven deep space exploration 6U cubesat mission was select-ed for a NASA HEOMD NextSTEP slot on the EM1 launch. We are developing a compact broadband IR instrument for a high priority science application: un-derstanding volatile origin, distribution, and ongoing processes in the inner solar system. JPL’s Lunar Flash-light, and Arizona State University’s LunaH-Map, both also EM1 lunar orbiters, will provide complimentary observations to be used in understanding volatile dynamics on the Moon.

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Pamela Clark, Ben Malphrus, Dennis Reuter, Robert MacDowall, David Folta, Terry Hurford, Cliff Brambora, and William Farrell "Using a compact broadband IR spectrometer to search for lunar volatiles with a first generation deep space CubeSat", Proc. SPIE 9978, CubeSats and NanoSats for Remote Sensing, 99780C (17 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238332

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