Gow, J. ; Smith, D. R.; Holland, A. D.; Maddison, B. ; Howe, C. ; Sreekumar, P.; Huovelind, J. and Grande, M.
(2007).
Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 x-ray spectrometer (C1XS) instrument.
In: SPIE Optics+Photonics 2007: Astronomical Optics and Instrumentation, 26-30 Aug 2007, San Diego, California, USA.
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Abstract
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 mission is India’s first lunar spacecraft, containing a suite of instruments to carry out high-resolution remote sensing of the Moon at visible, near infrared and X-ray wavelengths. Due for launch in early 2008, the spacecraft will carry out its two year mission in a polar orbit around the Moon at an altitude of 100 km. One of the eleven instruments in the spacecraft payload is the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS), a descendant of the successful D-CIXS instrument that flew on the European Space Agency SMART-1 lunar mission launched in 2003. C1XS consists of 24 swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors arranged in 6 modules that will carry out high quality X-ray spectroscopic mapping of the Moon using the technique of X-ray fluorescence. This paper presents an overview of the Chandrayaan-1 mission and specifically the C1XS instrument and describes the development of an SCD test facility, proton irradiation characterisation and screening of candidate SCD devices for the mission.
| Item Type: |
Conference Item
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| Copyright Holders: |
2007 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| Extra Information: |
Published in: UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV, edited by Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6686 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2007), 6686-17 (ISBN 9780819468345) |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Science > Physical Sciences |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: |
Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
| Item ID: |
29969 |
| Depositing User: |
Jason Gow
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| Date Deposited: |
08 Nov 2011 17:25 |
| Last Modified: |
10 Jan 2012 19:35 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29969 |
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